Differences in characteristics of Asian American and white problem gamblers calling a gambling helpline

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-91

  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; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENDER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION SERVICE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; ANXIETY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANXIETY; ASIAN AMERICANS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HOTLINES; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 63349087782     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900000237     Document Type: Article

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