Suicidality of problem gamblers in the context of psychiatric comorbidity: Cohort mortality study

Abstract

Problem gambling is associated with a high prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity and suicidality, which substantially contributes to the mortality of problém gamblers. AIMS: To explore the mortality rate of problém gamblers and contribution of suicides to its structure.

Keywords

• problem gambling
• disordered gambling
• psychiatric comorbidity
• suicides
• mortality