A latent class analysis of DSM-IV pathological gambling criteria in a nationally representative British sample

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 401-407

  McBride, Orla ^a,b   Adamson, Gary ^a   Shevlin, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Heterogeneity; Pathological gambling disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953810835     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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