Expectancy, covert sensitization and imaginal desensitization in compulsive sexuality

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1985, Pages 176-187

  McConaghy, N ^a   Armstrong, M S ^a   Blaszczynski, A ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compulsive sexuality; covert sensitization; desensitization; expectancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PARAPHILIAS; PROGNOSIS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 0022342896     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1985.tb02592.x     Document Type: Article

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