Vampire tourism and vampirism: the darker side of travel medicine

Editorial Material Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Casino tourism destinations: health risk for travellers with gambling disorder and related medical conditions

Hagit Bonny-Noach et al.

Summary: Casino tourism destinations worldwide have attracted a diverse range of gamblers and travelers, highlighting the need for increased focus on the health and social issues of vulnerable individuals, including those with gambling addictions and medical conditions.

JOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINE (2021)

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Review Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Death as attraction: the role of travel medicine and psychological travel health care in 'dark tourism'

Irmgard L. Bauer

Summary: Psychological travel health is an evolving field that has yet to be linked to tourist products such as dark tourism which may impact travellers' mental wellbeing. Understanding dark tourism is crucial in order to appreciate the wide variety of potential stimuli that can lead to anything from amusement to travel-related psychoses. Travellers' motivations and emotional responses to visits of 'dark' sites provide important input for individually tailored psychological pre and post-travel health care.

TROPICAL DISEASES TRAVEL MEDICINE AND VACCINES (2021)

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Article Psychiatry

To travel is to live: embracing the emerging field of travel psychiatry

Gerard Flaherty et al.

Summary: For individuals with mental illness, traveling abroad can present challenges, but with a clear understanding of how travel can impact their illness and vice versa, the experience can be made easier. Travel may also potentially trigger the onset of mental health issues or reveal previously undiagnosed disorders, highlighting the importance of greater recognition and collaboration between psychiatrists and travel medicine clinicians in addressing mental health concerns in the context of international travel.

BJPSYCH BULLETIN (2021)

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Editorial Material Public, Environmental & Occupational Health