Psychosexual diversity as the best representation of human normality across cultures

Sexual and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-186

  Popovic, Miodrag ^a  

^a NCMH and LD NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Psychosexual diversity; Psychosexual normality; Sexual variations

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEREDITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LAW; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX THERAPY; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOLOGY; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 33646675796     PISSN: 14681994     EISSN: 14681749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681990500358469     Document Type: Review

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