Psychosocial stress and its relationship to gambling urges in individuals with pathological gambling

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 332-339

  Elman, Igor ^a   Tschibelu, Evelyne ^a   Borsook, David ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; AFFECT; COMPLICATION; GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953814406     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: 15210391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2010.00055.x     Document Type: Article

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