Course of pathological gambling symptoms and reliability of the Lifetime Gambling History measure

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-61

  Sartor, Carolyn E ^a   Scherrer, Jeffrey F ^a,b   Shah, Kamini R ^a,b   Xian, Hong ^a,b   Volberg, Rachel ^c   Eisen, Seth A ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Gemini Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Males; Middle aged; Problem gambling; Twins; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

DISEASES IN TWINS; GAMBLING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VETERANS;

EID: 34447274732     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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