Auto-erotic asphyxiation: Three case reports

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-53

  Cooper, A J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b St Thomas Psychiatric Hospital   (Canada)

^c Sarnia General Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EROTISM; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SUICIDE; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPHYXIA; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ORGASM; PARAPHILIAS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029984075     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926239608405305     Document Type: Article

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