Psychiatry and Psychology

Sexology

This discipline concerns the study of SEXUALITY, and the application of sexual knowledge such as sexual attitudes, psychology, and SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. Scope of application generally includes educational (SEX EDUCATION), clinical (SEX COUNSELING), and other settings.

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Abstract

This discipline concerns the study of SEXUALITY, and the application of sexual knowledge such as sexual attitudes, psychology, and SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. Scope of application generally includes educational (SEX EDUCATION), clinical (SEX COUNSELING), and other settings.

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2004; use SEX 1991-2003

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Previous Indexing

  • Sex Disorders (1966-2003)
  • Sex Education (1968-2003)

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  1. F04.096w.837w

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WM 620

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sexology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D044347. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D044347
  2. Sexology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexology
  3. Sexology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170912