Gamblers seeking treatment: Why haven't they come earlier?

Addictive Disorders and their Treatment

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 65-69

  Tavares, Hermano ^a   Martins, Silvia S ^b   Zilberman, Monica L ^a   El Guebaly, Nady ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gambling; Help seeking; Scale; Treatment; Treatment delay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MONEY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHAME; THERAPY DELAY; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 17644415251     PISSN: 15315754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132576-200206000-00005     Document Type: Article

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