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Clinical: specific disorders

NORC Diagnostic Screen for Gambling Problems.

NODS

What it measures
DSM-IV (adaptable to DSM-5) pathological/disordered gambling criteria; lifetime and past-year
Length and format
17 (mapping to DSM criteria). Yes/No criterion items; counts of endorsed DSM criteria; severity thresholds (clinician-rated/interview)
Language versions
Several languages incl. ES, FR (and the brief NODS-CLiP/NODS-PERC adaptations)
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Toce-Gerstein, M., Gerstein, D. R., & Volberg, R. A. (2009). The NODS-CLiP: A rapid screen for adult pathological and problem gambling. Journal of Gambling Studies, 25(4), 541-555.

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