Comments from the Trenches: Proposed Changes to the DSM-V Classification of Pathological Gambling

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 517-521

  Mitzner, George B ^a   Whelan, James P ^a   Meyers, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic changes; DSM V; Pathological gambling

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GAMBLING; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79960983936     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-010-9225-x     Document Type: Article

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