Diagnosing the male steroid user: Drug use, body image and disordered masculinity

Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-208

  Keane, Helen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anabolic steroids; Body image; Drug use; Masculinity

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; STEROID;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BODY BUILDING; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY; COMPULSION; DRUG INTOXICATION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY; GENDER IDENTITY; GOVERNMENT; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MASCULINITY; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC OPINION; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAINING; WELLBEING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; STEROIDS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 17744372752     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459305050585     Document Type: Review

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