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Sex Therapy—A Critical Appraisal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Martin Cole
Martin Cole*
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Institute for Sex Education and Research, 40 School Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9SN
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 147 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 337 - 351
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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