Sexually Compulsive/Addictive Behaviors in Women: A Women's Healthcare Issue

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 486-491

  Roller, Cyndi Gale ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

risky sexual behavior; sexual addiction; sexual compulsion; women and addiction

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPULSION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL ADDICTION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL COMPULSION; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; RISK-TAKING; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34548451654     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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