Clinical and personality characteristics associated with post traumatic stress disorder in problem and pathological gamblers recruited from the community

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 501-512

  Ledgerwood, David M ^a,b   Milosevic, Aleks ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Centre for Interpersonal Relationships   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gambling disorder; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychiatric co morbidity; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940639437     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-013-9426-1     Document Type: Article

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