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Background: Research has suggested that disordered gambling is endemic to Cambodian refugees.
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Objective: A number of regional prevalence studies suggest that disordered gambling is a clinically significant problem among older adults.
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This study examined the prevalence of gambling behaviors and disordered gambling in patients enrolled in an urban HIV clinic.
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Background: Previous research has emphasized the importance of attentional bias in the maintenance of both adult and adolescent disordered gambling.
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After adjusting for a range of covariates, breadth of trauma exposure and marital status emerged as significant predictors of disordered gambling.
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Previous research among these subsets has found increased rates of disordered gambling among those with drug use, alcohol use, mood, anxiety, and personality disorders.
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Results: 13.9% of participants met screening criteria for lifetime disordered gambling, in contrast to previous research suggesting that prevalence rates may exceed 70%.