Early Detection of Pathological Gambling: Betting on GPs’ Beliefs and Attitudes

Pathological gambling (PG) is an addictive disorder with harm related to the high psychiatric comorbidity and increased suicidal risk. Prevalence rates in general population range from 0.2% to 2.1%. Problem gamblers are hard to attract to treatment programs for several proper reasons and for obstacl...

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Main Authors: Sophia Achab, Anne Chatton, Riaz Khan, Gabriel Thorens, Louise Penzenstadler, Daniele Zullino, Yasser Khazaal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/360585