Should Hypersexual Disorder be Classified as an Addiction?

Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 27-47

  Kor, Ariel ^a   Fogel, Yehuda A ^a   Reid, Rory C ^b   Potenza, Marc N ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84876107614     PISSN: 10720162     EISSN: 15325318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10720162.2013.768132     Document Type: Article

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