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A family study of pathological gambling.
Psychiatry research - 30 Mar 2006
Black Donald W, Monahan Patrick O, Temkit M'Hamed, Shaw Martha
Abstract excerpt
The cause of pathological gambling (PG) is unknown. The current study was conducted to determine whether PG is familial, and to examine patterns of familial aggregation of psychiatric disorder. To that end, 31 case probands with DSM-IV PG and 31 control probands were recruited and interviewed regarding their first degree relatives (FDRs). Available and willing FDRs were directly interviewed with structured...
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