Gambling on acamprosate: A case report

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1245-1246

  Raj, Y Pritham ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; DRUGS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF ADDICTION; TAURINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TREATMENT PLANNING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; GAMBLING; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALCOHOL DETERRENTS; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; COMORBIDITY; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; TAURINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957829191     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.10l06059ecr     Document Type: Letter

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