Suicide and Gambling: Psychopathology and Treatment-Seeking

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 541-547

  Séguin, Monique ^a,b,c,d   Boyer, Richard ^a,b,c,d   Lesage, Alain ^a,b,c,d   McGirr, Alexandre ^a,b,c,d   Suissa, Amnon ^a,b,c,d   Tousignant, Michel ^a,b,c,d   Turecki, Gustavo ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gambling; Psychopathology; Service utilization; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SUICIDE;

EID: 77957267984     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019041     Document Type: Article

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