Alexithymia and pathological gambling

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-198

  Toneatto, Tony ^a,b   Lecce, Julia ^a   Bagby, Michael ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Pathological gambling; Problem gambling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PROBLEM SOLVING; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

EID: 70449686276     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10550880903014775     Document Type: Article

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