Comorbid Axis I-disorders among subjects with pathological, problem, or at-risk gambling recruited from the general population in Germany: Results of the PAGE study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1065-1070

  Bischof, Anja ^a,c   Meyer, Christian ^b   Bischof, Gallus ^a   Kastirke, Nadin ^b   John, Ulrich ^b   Rumpf, Hans Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Epidemiology; Pathological gambling; Problem gambling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBID AXIS I DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DSM-IV; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GAMBLING; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84888302365     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.07.026     Document Type: Article

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