Remission from pathological gambling among Hispanics and native Americans

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 537-553

  Westermeyer, Joseph ^a,f   Canive, Jose ^b   Thuras, Paul ^a   Kim, Suk W ^a   Crosby, Ross ^c   Thompson, James ^d,e   Garrard, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma ^*  (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; Gambling; Hispanic; Remission; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REMISSION; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMBLING; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS;

EID: 33845621112     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-006-9057-4     Document Type: Article

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