Influence of co-occurring mental and substance use disorders on the prevalence of problem gambling in Canada

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1847-1856

  Rush, Brian R ^a,b   Bassani, Diego G ^b,c   Urbanoski, Karen A ^a,b   Castel, Saulo ^b,d  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Whitby Mental Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Concurrent disorders; Gambling risk; Mental and substance use disorders; Population prevalence; Problem gambling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 54049093194     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02338.x     Document Type: Article

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