ABSTRACT

Sexuality in brain injury is a topic that has received relatively limited professional investigation relative to many other aspects of brain injury, despite the fact that sexual problems can cause significant distress. There are numerous

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DOI: 10.1080/09602010244000363

definitions of sexuality. One that seems most appropriate in this context is that of Thorn-Gray and Kern (1983), who defined sex as “the verbal, visual, tactual and olfactory communication which expresses love and intimacy between two people” (p. 142).