Challenges associated with the definition and assessment of inappropriate sexual behaviour amongst individuals with an acquired neurological impairment

Brain Injury

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 687-693

  Johnson, C ^a   Knight, Caroline ^a   Alderman, N ^a  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquired brain injury; Definition; Dementia; Inappropriate sexual behaviour; Measurement; Older adults; Sex; Sexual disinhibition

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPERSEXUALITY; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LIBIDO DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 33745712517     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050600744137     Document Type: Review

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