Review of effective interventions for socially inappropriate masturbation in persons with cognitive disabilities

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 151-168

  Tarnai, Balázs ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoerotic behaviors; Cognitive disabilities; Masturbation; Self regulative interventions; Sexual behaviors

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN;

AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LITERATURE; MASTURBATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33748761624     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11195-006-9016-6     Document Type: Review

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