BOGOR - More than 500 participants attended the Behavioral Addiction Webinar organized by the National Center for Mental Health (PKJN) Marzoeki Mahdi Hospital, online, Tuesday (30/7/2024). This webinar was held as a response to the rampant online gambling cases in Indonesia lately.
PKJN addiction psychiatrist consultant at Marzoeki Mahdi Hospital, Prasetiyawan, in his presentation said that one type of behavioral addiction is gambling addiction. This gambling addiction is included in mental disorders, namely gambling disorder.
"Currently, people who experience gambling disorder reach 0.2% of the world's population. Meanwhile, according to Dr. Siste's research, this disorder is experienced by 2% of the population in Indonesia. In fact, this disorder occurs more often in men than women," he said.
This webinar was attended by health workers through the Plataran Sehat platform and the general public who wanted to know more about preventing behavioral addiction, one of which is caused by online gambling.
The President Director of PKJN Marzoeki Mahdi Hospital Nova Riyanti Yusuf opened the webinar with her keynote speech, followed by a presentation by psychiatrists Lahargo Kembaren and Prasetiyawan discussing addiction from a mental health perspective. Neurologist Anastasia Novitasari also provided her material on therapies that can help addiction patients recover. Psychologist Rahmi Binarsih was the last speaker discussing the psychological approach to building mental resilience from addiction. This webinar was hosted by Ayie Sri Kartika and Miranty Novia Wardhani.
At the end of the event, the Training Manager, Ahmad Eru Saprudin, stated that based on the evaluation form distributed to the participants, they were satisfied with the holding of this webinar.
"They expressed satisfaction because in terms of the material it was in accordance with science and up to date with what is happening in society, problems and efforts are updated. From the evaluation it was also conveyed that the committee was patient in assisting individuals if there were difficulties in registering for the Plataran Sehat account. Many also stated that they did not lose out by paying 100 thousand rupiah, because they got very useful knowledge," said Eru. (R)