Paraphilias-Kohlenberg Flashcards
What are the 2 categories of paraphilias?
- Anomalous activity preferences
- Anomalous target preferences
What are the types of anomalous activity preferences?
- courtship disorders
- algolagnic disorders
What are the types of anomalous target preferences?
- other humans (pedophilia)
- Directed elsewhere (fetishes, transvetic disorders)
What are types of courtship disorders?
What are the types of algolagnic disorders?
- voyeurism, exhibitionism, frotteurism
- involving pain and suffering
What is this:
Any intense and persistent sexual interest other than sexual interest in genital stimulation or fondling with phenotypically normal, physically mature, consenting human partners.
Paraphilia
What is this:
A paraphilia that is currently causing distress or impairment to the individual or a paraphilia whose satisfaction has entailed personal harm, or risk or harm, to others.
Paraphilic disorder
T or F
A paraphilia is necessary but not a sufficient condition for having a paraphilic disorder and a paraphilia by itself does not necessarily jutify or require clinical intervention
Why?
T
because you have to have personal distress or have a need to involve others that dont consent
What is criterion A and B for a paraphilic disorder?
A: Specifies the qualitative nature of the paraphilia (eg, erotic focus on children or on exposing the genitals to others).
B: Specifies the negative consequences of the paraphilia (i.e, distress, impairment, harm to others).
You need both to have a paraphilic disorder
What is this:
A: Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent and intense sexual arousal from observing an unsuspecting person who is naked, in the process of disrobing, or engaging in sexual activity, as manifested by fantasies, urges, or behaviors.
B: Acted on these urges with a non-consenting person, has distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
Voyeuristic disorder
How long do you have to be showing signs of a voyeuristic disorder for it to be a disorder and how old do you have to be to be diagnosed? What is the prevalence?
6 months
18 or over
12% in males and 4% in females
T or F
Voyeurism may be considered normal in adolescent males
T
In voyeurism, is sexual contact generally sought? When is the typical onset? Is the course acute or chronic?
no
before age 15
chronic
T or F
most people with atypical sexual interests do not have a mental disorder
T
T or F
To be diagnosed with a paraphilic disorder, DSM-5 requires that people with these interests: feel personal distress about their interest, not merely distress resulting from society’s disapproval;
Or have a sexual desire or behavior that involves another person’s psychological distress, injury, or
death, or a desire for sexual behaviors involving unwilling persons or persons unable to give legal consent.
T
What is this:
Over at least (blank) months, recurrent and intense sexual arousal from the exposure of ones genitals to an unsuspecting person, as manifested by fantasies, urges, or behaviors.
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Exhibitionistic Disorder
What is the criteria to have an exhibitionist disorde?
-over at least 6 months, exposing genitals to unsuspecting people for arousal AND acting on them with a non-consenting person to cause significant distress or impairment