The clustering of psychiatric disorders in high-risk gambling populations

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 933-947

  Abdollahnejad, Mohammad Reza ^a   Delfabbro, Paul ^a   Denson, Linley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pathological gambling; Personality disorder; Psychiatric disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878894715     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-013-9392-7     Document Type: Article

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