Pathological Gambling and Suicidality: An Analysis of Severity and Lethality.

Maccallum, Fiona; Blaszczynski, Alex

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ERIC Number: EJ664189

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Publication Date: 2003

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Pathological Gambling and Suicidality: An Analysis of Severity and Lethality.

Maccallum, Fiona; Blaszczynski, Alex

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v33 n1 p88-98 Spr 2003

Investigates the nature of suicidal behavior among treatment-seeking pathological gamblers and its relationship to gambling characteristics and depression. High rates of suicidal ideation, suicidal plans, and attempts were found; however, no clear relationship was observed between suicidality and indices of gambling behavior. (Contains 37 references and 5 tables.) (GCP)

Descriptors: Correlation, Depression (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Suicide

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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