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Epidemiology of Problem Gambling in a Canadian Community

verfasst von: N. Faregh, J. Derevensky

Erschienen in: Community Mental Health Journal | Ausgabe 2/2013

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Pathological gambling became a public health concern in most countries in the 1990s, shortly after the liberalization of gambling policies and practices. Various community-wide surveys have examined population-level gambling behaviours, the prevalence of gambling problems, their antecedents, and their correlates. Early studies suggest that approximately 3–5 % of a given population have some level of gambling problems and that this prevalence is relatively stable across communities and among most countries (Doiron and Nicki 2001). However, there is evidence of changing patterns of gambling behaviour across communities and possibly a change in prevalence rates (Stucki and Rihs-Middel 2007). …

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Titel: Epidemiology of Problem Gambling in a Canadian Community
verfasst von: N. Faregh
J. Derevensky
Publikationsdatum: 01.04.2013
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Community Mental Health Journal / Ausgabe 2/2013
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-012-9540-z

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