Prevalence, clinical correlations, comorbidities, and suicidal tendencies in pathological Korean gamblers: Results from the Korean epidemiologic catchment area study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 621-629

  Park, Subin ^a   Cho, Maeng Je ^b   Jeon, Hong Jin ^c   Lee, Hae Woo ^b   Bae, Jae Nam ^d   Park, Jong Ik ^e   Sohn, Jee Hoon ^b   Lee, You Ra ^f   Lee, Jun Young ^b   Hong, Jin Pyo ^a  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^f Seoul Bukbu Geriatric Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Epidemiology; Pathological gambling; Psychiatric Disorders; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMORBIDITY; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 77954564865     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0102-9     Document Type: Article

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