How transparent is behavioral intervention research on pathological gambling and other gambling-related disorders? A systematic literature review

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1915-1928

  Fink, Arlene ^a,b,c   Parhami, Iman ^a   Rosenthal, Richard J ^a,c   Campos, Michael D ^a   Siani, Aaron ^a,c   Fong, Timothy W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Langley Research Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gambling; Reporting transparency; Review; Transparency; TREND

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TIME;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; GAMBLING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867199340     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03911.x     Document Type: Review

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