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Commentary

Controversies in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Paraphilias

Richard Balon Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and Anesthesiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Pages 7-20 | Published online: 15 Nov 2012

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