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Comprehensive sexuality education programs refer to sexuality education programs that often begin in kindergarten and continue through 12th grade, presenting a wide variety of topics to help students develop their own skills while learning factual information.
Deutsch: Kompromiss / Español: Compromiso / Português: Compromisso / Français: Compromis / Italiano: Compromesso /
Compromise refers to the settlement of a dispute by mutual concession. A compromise often results in both parties giving something up and meeting midway.
Compulsions refer to repetitive behaviors, such as hand washing, checking, counting or mental acts that a person feels he/she must perform; intended to prevent or reduce anxiety or distress, but not to provide the affected person with pleasure.
Compulsions are repetitive ritualized actions that serve as mechanisms for controlling anxiety and are performed to extinguish obsessional thoughts.
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Compulsive sexual behavior refers to a compulsive need to relieve anxiety through sex.
Compulsive sexual behavior also refers to a disorder in which the individual experiences intense sexually arousing fantasies, urges, and associated sexual behaviors.
Computed axial tomography (CAT or CT scan) refers to a series of X-rays taken from various angles around the body which are integrated by a computer to produce a composite picture.