Problem gambling in the UK: Implications for health, psychosocial adjustment and health care utilization

European Addiction Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 90-98

  Cowlishaw, Sean ^a,b   Kessler, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; England; Population estimates; Primary care; Problem gambling; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GAMBLING; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSIS; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM GAMBLING; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE USE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT; COMORBIDITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GAMBLING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954385325     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: 14219891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000437260     Document Type: Article

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