Beyond drugs and alcohol: Including gambling in a high-risk behavioural framework

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-204

  Messerlian, Carmen ^a   Gillespie, Meredith ^a   Derevensky, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gambling; High risk behaviour; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG ABUSE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34248218584     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/12.3.199     Document Type: Review

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