Pathological gambling: A comprehensive review

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1009-1061

  Raylu, Namrata ^a   Oei, Tian P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Gambling; Gaming machines; Pathological gambling; Psychopathology; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC GROUP; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALITY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCINFO; RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; THEORY; ADDICTION; BLOOD; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDORPHINS; GAMBLING; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; LATERALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SEROTONIN; URIC ACID; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS;

ENDORPHIN; SEROTONIN; URIC ACID;

EID: 0035993230     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7358(02)00101-0     Document Type: Article

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