Personality impairment in male pedophiles

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 912-919

  Cohen, Lisa J ^a   McGeoch, Pamela G ^a   Watras Gans, Sniezyna ^a   Acker, Sara ^a   Poznansky, Olga ^a   Cullen, Ken ^a   Itskovich, Yelena ^a   Galynker, Igor ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PEDOPHILIA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL CRIME;

EID: 0036775378     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v63n1009     Document Type: Article

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