Are there more personality disorders in treatment-seeking pathological gamblers than in other kind of patients? A comparative study between the IPDE and the MCMI

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-64

  Echeburúa, Enrique ^a   Fernández Montalvo, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Comorbidity; Ex post facto study; Pathological gambling; Personality disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649094007     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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