Epidemiology and Treatment of Juvenile Sexual Offending

Pediatric Drugs

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 79-91

  Gerardin, Priscille ^a   Thibaut, Florence ^a  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CYPROTERONE; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VICTIM; BRAIN REGION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; HEREDITY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MASOCHISM; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RECIDIVISM; RISK FACTOR; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1842813975     PISSN: 11745878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00148581-200406020-00002     Document Type: Review

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