Age of gambling initiation and severity of gambling and health problems among older adult problem gamblers

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1437-1439

  Burge, Alesia N ^a   Pietrzak, Robert H ^a   Molina, Cheryl A ^a   Petry, Nancy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; GAMBLING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 9644281002     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.55.12.1437     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Shaffer HJ, Hall MN, Vander Bilt J: Estimating the prevalence of disordered gambling behavior in the United States and Canada: a research synthesis. American Journal of Public Health 89:1369-1376, 1999
2. Gerstein D, Hoffmann J, Larison C, et al: National Opinion Research Council: Gambling Impact and Behavior Study. Chicago. University of Chicago Press, 1999
3. Cunningham-Williams RM, Cottler LB, Compton WM, et al: Taking chances: problem gamblers and mental health disorders: results from the St Louis Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study. American Journal of Public Health 88:1093-1096, 1998
4. Petry NM: A comparison of young, middle-aged, and older adult treatment-seeking pathological gamblers. Gerontologist 42:92-99, 2002
5. Winters KC, Stinchfield RD, Botzet A, et al: A prospective study of youth gambling behaviors. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 16:3-9, 2002
6. DeWit DJ, Adlaf EM, Offord DR, et al: Age at first alcohol use: a risk factor for the development of alcohol disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry 157:745-750, 2000
7. Lesieur HR, Blume SB: The South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS): a new instrument for the identification of pathological gamblers. American Journal of Psychiatry 144:1184-1188, 1987
8. McLellan AT, Luborsky L, Cacciola J, et al: New data from the Addiction Severity Index: reliability and validity in three centers. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 173:412-423, 1985
9. Petry NM: Validity of a gambling scale for the Addiction Severity Index. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 191:399-407, 2003
10. Lyons RA, Perry HM, Littlepage BN: Evidence for the validity of the Short-form 36 Questionnaire (SF-36) in an elderly population. Age and Aging 23:182-184, 1994