A psychoanalytic overview of excessive sexual behavior and addiction

Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 275-290

  Giugliano, John R ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; COMPULSION; EGO PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LIBIDO; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0348227820     PISSN: 10720162     EISSN: 15325318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713775415     Document Type: Article

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