Socio-demographic profile and psychiatric comorbidity of subjects with pathological gambling

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-128

  Winslow, Munidasa ^a   Subramaniam, Mythily ^a   Qiu, Shijia ^a   Lee, Arthur ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian; Comorbidities; Demographics; Pathological gambling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NARCISSISM; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 77949515893     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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