Characteristics of 36 subjects reporting compulsive sexual behavior

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 243-249

  Black, Donald W ^a   Kehrberg, Laura L D ^a   Flumerfelt, Denise L ^a   Schlosser, Steven S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSION; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASTURBATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0031032826     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.2.243     Document Type: Article

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