Gambling and violence in a nationally representative sample of UK men.

Amanda RobertsJeremy CoidRobert KingRaegan MurphyJohn TurnerHenrietta Bowden-JonesKatie Palmer Du PreezJason Landon

Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2016)

Among men in the United Kingdom, self-reports of problem/pathological gambling remain predictive of a range of measures of violent behaviour after adjusting for alcohol and drug dependence, comorbid mental disorder and impulsivity; of the covariates, alcohol and drug dependence have the greatest effect in attenuating the gambling-violence association.

Keyphrases

mental health
adverse drug
middle aged
alcohol consumption
cross sectional
obsessive compulsive disorder
intimate partner violence
emergency department
borderline personality disorder