Women who have taken their lives back from compulsive gambling: Results from an online survey

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-80

  Davis, Diane Rae ^a   Avery, Lisa ^a  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

12 step programs; Addiction recovery; Compulsive gambling; Online research; Pathological gambling; Social work practice; Women gamblers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248602299     PISSN: 1533256X     EISSN: 15332578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J160v04n01_05     Document Type: Article

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