The Role of Fantasy in the Treatment of Sexual Deviation

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1974, Pages 467-475

  Abel, Gene G ^a   Blanchard, Edward B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONING; FANTASY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVIATION; THERAPY;

ADULT; AVERSIVE THERAPY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FANTASY; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMAN; MALE; MASTURBATION; PARAPHILIAS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0016156266     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1974.01760100035007     Document Type: Article

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