Conceptualizing and treating problem gambling as a family issue

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 415-431

  McComb, Jennifer L ^a   Lee, Bonnie K ^b   Sprenkle, Douglas H ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPOUSE;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; SPOUSES;

EID: 70349550008     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2009.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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