Pathological gambling in methadone maintenance clinics where gambling is legal versus illegal

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-316

  Peles, Einat ^a   Schreiber, Shaul ^a   Linzy, Shirley ^b   Adelson, Miriam ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Dr Miriam and Sheldon G Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treatment and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Gambling; Gender; Israel; Methadone clinics; Nevada; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEGAL ASPECT; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; GAMBLING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NARCOTICS; NEVADA; ODDS RATIO; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954773898     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01034.x     Document Type: Article

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