Prevalence of Adult Problem and Pathological Gambling between 2000 and 2005: An Update
Journal of Gambling StudiesPublished 10 January 2007
Stephanie Stucki, Margret Rihs-Middel
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The regular epidemiological monitoring of excessive gambling remains a major Public Health issue although the distinction between pathological and problem gambling is not appropriate for epidemiological research.
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The prevalence rates are comparable and relatively stable between countries and across survey instruments, and do not differ from earlier reviews. The regular epidemiological monitoring of excessive gambling remains a major Public Health issue although the distinction between pathological and problem gambling is not appropriate for epidemiological research. Further studies are needed with respect to concomitant lifestyle characteristics.
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