Pathological gambling recovery in the absence of abstinence

Addiction

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2169-2175

  Slutske, Wendy S ^a   Piasecki, Thomas M ^a   Blaszczynski, Alex ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Australia; Community survey; Controlled gambling; Pathological gambling; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REMISSION; STATISTICS; TWINS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 78249274932     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03080.x     Document Type: Article

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