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Depressed pathological gamblers
Author(s) -
Roy A.,
Custer R.,
Lorenz V.,
Linnoila M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb05094.x
Subject(s) - pathological , psychology , psychiatry , impulse control disorder , medicine , clinical psychology , pathology
— Depressed gamblers ( n = 14) were compared with normal controls ( n = 41) for antecedent life events. The depressed gamblers had experienced significantly more life events, and undesirable or exit life events, during the 6 months before the onset of depression.