Sexual addiction among teens: A review

Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 257-278

  Sussman, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBICIDE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONDUCT DISORDER; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY INTERACTION; FAMILY THERAPY; HARM REDUCTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MASTURBATION; PEER GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL ADDICTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 36749015052     PISSN: 10720162     EISSN: 15325318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10720160701480758     Document Type: Review

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