Current trends and future directions in the study of psychosocial treatments for pathological gambling

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-94

  Ledgerwood, David M ^a,b   Petry, Nancy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pathological gambling; Psychotherapy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544431646     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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