Psychiatry and Psychology

Paraphilic Disorders

Disorders that include recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors generally involving nonhuman objects, suffering of oneself or partners, or children or other nonconsenting partners. (from DSM-V)

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Abstract

Disorders that include recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors generally involving nonhuman objects, suffering of oneself or partners, or children or other nonconsenting partners. (from DSM-V)

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9 entry terms
  • Paraphilias
  • Disorder, Paraphilic
  • Disorders, Paraphilic
  • Paraphilia
  • Paraphilic Disorder
  • Sex Deviations
  • Deviation, Sex
  • Deviations, Sex
  • Sex Deviation

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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History Note

2016(1981)

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  1. F03w.657w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Paraphilic Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010262. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010262
  2. Paraphilic Disorders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphilia
  3. Paraphilic Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178059