TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Suicide and gambling: Psychopathology and treatment-seeking
JO  - Psychology of addictive behaviors
A1  - Seguin, Monique
A1  - Boyer, Richard
A1  - Lesage, Alain
A1  - McGirr, Alexandre
A1  - Suissa, Amnon
A1  - Tousignant, Michel
A1  - Turecki, Gustavo
SP  - 541
EP  - 547
VL  - 24
IS  - 3
N2  - The aim of this study was to evaluate suicides with a history of problem gambling (PG) and others with no such history (NPG) and to compare the two on mental health problems and service utilization. Data on a sample of 49 PG suicides and 73 NPG suicides were obtained from informants and hospital records. Psychopathology was prevalent in both groups, but problem gamblers were twice as likely to have a personality disorder. Moreover, PG suicides were less in contact with mental health services in their last month, their last year, and their lifetime. NPG suicides consulted specialized services from 3 (last month and last year) to 13 times (lifetime) as often as their PG counterparts. Lower service utilization associated with PG suicides argues in favor of stepping up detection, engagement in care and treatment with respect to problem gambling, especially when comorbidity is present. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0893-164X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0019041
ID  - ref1
ER  -