Heterosexual male perpetrators of childhood sexual abuse: A preliminary neuropsychiatric model

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 313-336

  Cohen, Lisa J ^a   Nikiforov, Konstantin ^a   Gans, Sniezyna ^b   Poznansky, Olga ^c   McGeoch, Pamela ^d   Weaver, Carrie ^a   King, Enid Gertmanian ^a   Cullen, Ken ^e   Galynker, Igor ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services   (United States)

^d NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e CAP Behavioral Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Neuropsychiatry; Pedophilia; Personality; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EROTISM; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MODEL; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC MODEL; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PEDOPHILIA; PERSONALITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL DEVIATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LIBIDO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENIS ERECTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LIBIDO; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PENILE ERECTION; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX OFFENSES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0036887104     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020416101092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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