Is a diagnostic category for paraphilic coercive disorder defensible?

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 419-426

  Knight, Raymond A ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DSM V; Paraphilias; Paraphilic coercive disorder; Sadism

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RAPE; REVIEW; SADISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION;

COERCION; HUMANS; MALE; PARAPHILIAS; RAPE; SADISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77952094637     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-009-9571-x     Document Type: Article

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