Disordered gambling: The evolving concept of behavioral addiction

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1327, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-61

  Clark, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Internet gambling disorder; Pathological gambling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPULSION; COMPULSIVE SHOPPING; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG POTENCY; DSM-5; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; REWARD; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GAMBLING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; REWARD;

EID: 84915807585     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12558     Document Type: Article

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