Resource Tag: GAMBLING

125 adult participants recruited from gambling treatment centres were included in an examination of gambling-related suicide ideation & attempts. In this sample, 48 percent had a history of gambling-related suicide ideation & an additional 12 percent reported at least one gambling-related suicide attempt. Level of suicidality was associated with greater gambling severity, gambling escape, dissociation, […]

This study determined the population-attributable risk of completed suicide among Hong Kong Chinese with axis I psychiatric diagnoses. With a case-control psychological autopsy method, 150 suicide victims, age 15-59, were compared for axis I diagnoses & psychosocial variables with 150 randomly selected age- & gender-matched persons living in the community. In the presence of other […]

Prevalence, clinical correlations, comorbidities, & suicidal tendencies were examined in a community sample of Korean pathological gamblers. In a sample of 5,333 subjects, the lifetime prevalence rates of pathological gambling & problem gambling were 0.8% & 3.0%, respectively. Associations between pathological/problem gambling & alcohol use disorder, nicotine dependence, mood disorder, anxiety disorder, & suicidality were […]

This comic book relates the story of Brianna, an Aboriginal teenager who develops a gambling problem. She finds help in traditional teachings & practices.

This pamphlet briefly reviews the literature on problem gambling & suicidal behviours. General information about warning signs & how to help someone who may be at risk is also provided.

The current extent & patterns of physical & mental health indicators & risky behaviour among Ontario students enrolled in Grades 7-12 is summarized using data from the 2007 Ontario Student Drug Use & Health Survey. About 10% of students, representing about 103,000 Ontario students, reported they had seriously considered suicide during the past year. About […]

This book begins with an overview of mental health & mental illnesses in Canada. Specific mental disorders & mental health issues are then discussed, including: mood disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, eating disorders, suicidal behaviour, problem gambling, & substance dependency. Chapters on hospitalization & mental illness & Aboriginal mental health & well-being conclude this […]

Associations between health risk behaviours & suicide ideation & attempts in Canadian adolescents aged 12-13 years were examined. A nationally representative sample of 2090 adolescents was studied. All health risk behaviours (disruptive, sexual & substance use) were common among male & female adolescents. In unadjusted models, almost all health risk behaviours were associated with suicide […]

The aim of this study was to find empirical evidence on whether problem gambling is, in fact, a determinant factor in visitor suicides in Las Vegas. The rate of visitor suicides was determined & then a qualitative analysis was performed to categorize the leading causes of the suicides. Emphasis was placed on the alleged relationship […]

The aim of this study is to outline a proposed set of standard protocols to assist researchers in their task of diagnosing cases of gambling-related suicides in the attempt to answer the question of whether or not there is a direct causal relationship between legalized gambling & suicide. (28 notes)

Although many clinical studies document a relationship between gambling & suicidality, evidence of this association in general population surveys has been mixed. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health, the authors made same gender comparisons of depression & suicidality between 298 at-risk gamblers & 13,000 others. Although gamblers of both genders showed […]

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Statistics Canada Catalogue No. 75-001-XIE

Objective: To examine the association between pathological gambling (PG) and attempted suicide in a nationally representative sample of Canadians. Methods: Data came from the Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 1.2, conducted in 2002, in which 36 984 subjects, aged 15 years or older, were interviewed. Logistic regression was performed with attempted suicide (in the past […]

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The purpose of the present study was to examine elderly patients, aged 60 & older, admitted to a residential gambling treatment program & to compare them to a younger cohort on a variety of mental health factors & measures. It was found that elderly gamblers were just as likely as younger gamblers to have a […]