Problem gambling in Australian PTSD treatment-seeking veterans.

@article{Biddle2005ProblemGI,
  title={Problem gambling in Australian PTSD treatment-seeking veterans.},
  author={D. Sierra Biddle and Graeme Hawthorne and David Forbes and Gregory J. Coman},
  journal={Journal of traumatic stress},
  year={2005},
  volume={18 6},
  pages={
          759-67
        }
}
This study explored gambling among Australian veterans entering posttraumatic stress treatment programs (n = 153). Twenty-eight percent reached the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) criteria for probable problem gambling, as did 17% on the DSM-IV gambling scale (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition; American Psychiatric Association, 1994). Almost all problem gamblers reported gambling to escape problems in other areas of their lives. The strongest independent… 
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