Self-Reported Head Injuries before and after Age 13 in Pedophilic and Nonpedophilic Men Referred for Clinical Assessment

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 573-581

  Blanchard, Ray ^a,b   Kuban, Michael E ^a   Klassen, Philip ^a,b   Dickey, Robert ^a,b   Christensen, Bruce K ^a,b   Cantor, James M ^a   Blak, Thomas ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD; Childhood accidents; Drug abuse; Handedness; Head injury; IQ; Neuropsychology; Pedophilia; Phallometry; Sex offenders; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIRTH; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDOPHILIA; PENIS ERECTION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ONTARIO; PEDOPHILIA; PENILE ERECTION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0346392673     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026093612434     Document Type: Article

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