Characteristics of black and white callers to a gambling helpline

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1347-1350

  Barry, Declan T ^a   Steinberg, Marvin A ^b   Wu, Ran ^a   Potenza, Marc N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55249091095     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2008.59.11.1347     Document Type: Article

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