Gambling Disorder, DSM-5 Criteria and Symptom Severity

Gambling Disorder (GD) is a prevalent psychiatric condition whose severity is typically defined by the number of DSM-5 criteria met out of a maximum of nine. The relationships between the levels of gambling severity, thus defined, and other measures of psychopathology and everyday functioning are clinically important.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - February 19, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jon E. Grant, Brian L. Odlaug, Samuel R. Chamberlain Source Type: research