Predictors of Treatment Outcome Among Asian Pathological Gamblers (PGs): Clinical, Behavioural, Demographic, and Treatment Process Factors

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-103

  Guo, Song ^a   Manning, Victoria ^a   Thane, Kyaw Kyaw Wai ^a   Ng, Andrew ^a   Abdin, Edimansyah ^a   Wong, Kim Eng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Demographics; Pathological gambling; Predictors; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMBLING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894537102     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-012-9328-7     Document Type: Article

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