Demographic and clinical features of 150 pathological gamblers referred to a community addictions programme

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-168

  Teo, Patrick ^a   Mythily, Subramaniam ^a   Anantha, Suresh ^a   Winslow, Munidasa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Pathological gambling; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PATIENT REFERRAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SINGAPORE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 34249657904     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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