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Paraphilias
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Definition
: 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-IV, 1994)
See Also
Sex Offenses
Examples
Exhibitionism
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Fetishism (Psychiatric)
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Masochism
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Pedophilia
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Sadism
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Transvestism
;
Voyeurism
Other names
Sex Deviations; Sex Deviation; Paraphilia; Deviations, Sex; Deviation, Sex