Association between exposure to childhood and lifetime traumatic events and lifetime pathological gambling in a twin cohort

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-78

  Scherrer, Jeffrey F ^a,b   Xian, Hong ^a,b   Kapp, Julie M Krygiel ^c   Waterman, Brian ^d   Shah, Kamini R ^a,b   Volberg, Rachel ^e   Eisen, Seth A ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d Waterman Research Solutions   (United States)

^e Gemini Research Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Pathological gambling; Traumatic events; Twins; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TWINS;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; GAMBLING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VETERANS;

EID: 33846227960     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000252384.20382.e9     Document Type: Article

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