Psychiatric co-morbidity in problem and pathological gamblers: Investigating the confounding influence of alcohol use disorder

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 566-572

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pathological gambling; Psychiatric disorder; Substance use disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALITY DIAGNOSTIC QUESTIONNAIRE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER; SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84891665088     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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