Pharmacology of Sexually Compulsive Behavior

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 671-679

  Codispoti, Victoria L ^a  

^a #6 Salem Business Center South   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyproterone acetate; LHRH; Medroxyprogesterone acetate; Paraphilias; Pharmacology; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI's)

Indexed keywords

CYPROTERONE ACETATE; GONADORELIN; LEUPRORELIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; COMPULSION; COMPULSIVE SEXUAL DISORDER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FATIGUE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUALITY; LIBIDO; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEDOPHILIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; REVIEW; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUALITY; SIDE EFFECT; VARICOSIS;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LEUPROLIDE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARAPHILIAS; PEDOPHILIA; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 55249106005     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2008.06.002     Document Type: Review

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