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Female in-patients at an alcoholic rehabilitation center and a half-way house were evaluated in terms of their sexual functioning. They were then given an opportunity to participate in a 12 session sexual enhancement program including components of sex education, sexual awareness, sexual dysfunction, and sexual assertiveness. Both subjective and objective data suggest that such a program can be very beneficial.
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Appreciation is expressed to Dr. David Knott Cheryl, Tally, Glinda Druff, Barbara Bassam, and Phyllis DePriest and the staff of the Alcohol and Drug Unit, Memphis Mental Health Institute without whose assistance this project could not have been completed.
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Murphy, W.D., Coleman, E., Hoon, E. et al. Sexual dysfunction and treatment in alcoholic women. Sex Disabil 3, 240–255 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01207674
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