Fluoxetine-induced changes in tactile sensation and sexual functioning among clinically depressed women

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-128

  Frohlich, Penny ^a   Meston, Cindy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE;

ADULT; ANORGASMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; LOWER LIP; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; ORGASM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TOUCH; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 12744261627     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230590477961     Document Type: Article

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