Gambling and related mental disorders: A public health analysis

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue , 2002, Pages 171-212

  Shaffer, Howard J ^a   Korn, David A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Construct validity; Epidemiology; Pathological gambling; Prevalence; Syndrome

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036251195     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.23.100901.140532     Document Type: Review

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