Pharmacotherapy Outcome in Older Pathological Gamblers: A Preliminary Investigation

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-12

  Grant, Jon E ^a,b   Grosz, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatric; Impulse control disorders; Pathological gambling; Pharmacotherapy

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; NALTREXONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NALTREXONE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542320588     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988703262000     Document Type: Article

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