The DSM criteria of sexual dysfunction: Need for a change

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 186-197

  Balon, Richard ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UPC Jefferson   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPAREUNIA; HUMAN; ORGASM DISORDER; PREMATURE EJACULATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; VAGINISM;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 41949092115     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230701866067     Document Type: Review

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