Sexual behavior in male adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder and borderline/mild mental retardation

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-104

  Hellemans, Hans ^a   Roeyers, Herbert ^b   Leplae, Wouter ^b   Dewaele, Tine ^b   Deboutte, Dirk ^a  

^a University Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Antwerp   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autism; Belgium; Borderline mental retardation; Mild mental retardation; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASTURBATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 77954535461     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11195-009-9145-9     Document Type: Article

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