Sexually inappropriate behaviors: Assessment necessitates careful medical and psychological evaluation and sensitivity

Geriatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-37

  Lesser, Jary M ^a,b   Hughes, Susan V ^b   Jemelka, James R ^b   Griffith, John ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIANDROGEN; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUSPIRONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DONEPEZIL; ESTROGEN; GALANTAMINE; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; LEUPRORELIN; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE; RIVASTIGMINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; THIORIDAZINE; TRANQUILIZER; TRAZODONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MASTURBATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SHORT SURVEY;

AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 12444323554     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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