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Individuals find it difficult to function adequately while having sex

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Sexual dysfunction

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Sexual arousal occurs primarily in the context of inappropriate objects or individuals.

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Paraphilic disorders

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Refers to a strong attraction or liking

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Philia

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Indicates the attraction is abnormal.

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Para

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Disorder where there is incongruence and psychological distress and dissatisfaction with the gender one has been assigned at birth (boy or girl).

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Gender dysphoria

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Sex with the opposite sex

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Heterosexual behavior

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Sex with the same sex

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Homosexual behavior

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Human sexual response cycle (5)

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Desire phase
Arousal stage
Plateau phase
Orgasm phase
Resolution phase

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Human sexual response cycle:

Sexual urges occur in response
to sexual cues or fantasies.

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Desire phase

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Human sexual response cycle:

A subjective sense of sexual pleasure
and physiological signs of sexual arousal

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Arousal stage

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Increased flow of
blood into the penis

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Penile tumescence

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Blood pools in the pelvic area

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Vasocongestion

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Erect nipples

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Breast tumescence

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Human sexual response cycle:

Brief period occurs before orgasm

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Plateau phase

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In males, feelings of the inevitability of ejaculation, followed by ejaculation; in females, contractions of the
walls of the lower third of the vagina.

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Orgasm phase

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16
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Decrease in arousal occurs after orgasm
(particularly in men).

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Resolution phase

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Refers to a sexual problem
that has been present from first sexual experiences

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Lifelong

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Applies to
sexual dysfunctions that develop after a period of relatively normal sexual
function.

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Acquired

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Refers to sexual difficulties that are not limited to
certain types of stimulation, situations, or partners

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Generalized

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Refers to
sexual difficulties that only occur with certain types of stimulation,
situations, or partners.

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Situational

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Includes difficulties with penetration during intercourse due in many cases
to painful contractions or spasms of the vagina—appears only in females.

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Genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder

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• Either of the following symptoms must be experienced on
almost all or all occasions (approximately 75%–100%) of
partnered sexual activity (in identified situational contexts or, if generalized, in all contexts), and without the individual
desiring delay:

  1. Marked delay in ejaculation.
  2. Marked infrequency or absence of ejaculation

• Males who achieve orgasm only with great difficulty or not at all

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Delayed Ejaculation

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  1. Marked difficulty in obtaining an erection during sexual
    activity
  2. Marked difficulty in maintaining an erection until the
    completion of sexual activity.
  3. Marked decrease in erectile rigidity.
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Erectile Disorder

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In females:

  1. Marked delay in, marked infrequency of, or absence of
    orgasm.
  2. Markedly reduced intensity of orgasmic sensations.
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Female Orgasmic Disorder

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Lack of, or significantly reduced, sexual interest/arousal

Deficits in interest or the ability to
become aroused in women

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Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder

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26
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Pain during sexual
intercourse

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Dyspareunia

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Involuntary contraction of muscles making penetration painful or impossible

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Vaginismus

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In males:

Persistently or recurrently deficient (or absent) sexual/erotic
thoughts or fantasies and desire for sexual activity.

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Male Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

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A persistent or recurrent pattern of ejaculation occurring
during partnered sexual activity within approximately 1 minute
following vaginal penetration and before the individual wishes
it.

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Premature (Early) Ejaculation

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Some males develop the
Premature ejaculation after a period of having a normal ejaculatory latency

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Acquired premature (early) ejaculation

31
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Difference of Gender Dysphoria in children and adolescents & adults

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Children: Manifest at least 6 of the ff
Adults: Manifest at least 2 of the ff

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Phenotypic sex at birth

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Birth-assigned gender

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Individuals born with ambiguous genitalia associated with documented hormonal or other physical abnormalities.

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Disorders of sex development

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Disorders of sex development is also known as?

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Intersexuality or Hermaphroditism

35
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Gender dysphoria begins with a strong and specific sexual attraction to a fantasy of oneself as a female.

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Autogynephilia

36
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Set of behaviors and attitudes where boys behave in feminine ways and girls behave in masculine ways

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Gender nonconformity

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Sexual attraction to both their own and the opposite sex.

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Bisexuality

38
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Alter anatomy physically to be consistent with gender identity through?

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Sex reassignment surgery

39
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Growth of breasts

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Gynecomastia

40
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Anomalous activity preferences which resemble distorted components of human courtship behavior

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Courtship disorders

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Anomalous activity preferences which involve pain and suffering

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Algolagnic disorders

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2 groups of paraphilic disorders

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Anomalous activity preferences
Anomalous target preferences

43
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Group of disorders directed at other humans and directed elsewhere

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Anomalous target preferences

44
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Any intense and persistent sexual interest other than sexual interest in genital stimulation or preparatory fondling with phenotypically normal, physically mature, consenting human partners.

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Paraphilia

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Paraphilia that is currently causing distress or impairment to the individual or a paraphilia whose satisfaction has entailed personal harm, or risk of harm, to others.

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Paraphilic disorder

46
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Sexual desire disorders (2)

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Male hypoactive sexual desire disorder
Sexual interest/arousal disorder

47
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Sexual arousal disorder (1)

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Erectile disorder

48
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Orgasm disorders (3)

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Delayed ejaculation
Female orgasmic disorder
Premature ejaculation

49
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Sexual Pain Disorder (1)

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Genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder.

50
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Person is sexually attracted to nonliving objects.

Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent and intense sexual arousal from either the use of nonliving objects or a highly specific focus on nongenital body part(s), as manifested by fantasies, urges, or behaviors.

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Fetishistic Disorder

51
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Fetishistic arousal is associated with 2 classes of objects or activities:

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Inanimate object

Source of specific tactile stimulation

52
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Source of attraction for fetishistic arousal that is a part of the body, such as the foot, buttocks, or hair.

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Partialism

53
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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.

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Voyeuristic Disorder

54
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Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent and intense sexual arousal from the exposure of one’s genitals to an unsuspecting person, as manifested by fantasies, urges, or behaviors.

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Exhibitionistic Disorder

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Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent and intense sexual arousal from cross-dressing, as manifested by fantasies, urges, or behaviors.

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Transvestic Disorder

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Specifier of Transvestic Disorder if sexually aroused by fabrics, materials, or garments.

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With fetishism

57
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Specifier of Transvestic Disorder if sexually aroused by thoughts or images of self as a woman.

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With autogynephilia

58
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Self-strangulation to reduce the flow of oxygen to the brain and enhance the sensation of orgasm

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Hypoxiphilia

59
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Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent and intense sexual arousal from the physical or psychological suffering of another person, as manifested by fantasies, urges, or behaviors.

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Sexual Sadism Disorder

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Individuals who openly acknowledge intense sexual interest in the physical or psychological suffering of others

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Admitting individuals

61
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Broadly used to refer to a wide range of behaviors that individuals with sexual masochism and/or sexual sadism (as well as other individuals with similar sexual interests) engage in, such as restraints or restriction, discipline, spanking, slapping, sensory deprivation, and dominance-submission role-play.

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Bondage-domination-sadism-masochism

62
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Sexual attraction to children (or young adolescents generally aged 13 years or younger)

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Pedophilia

63
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Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children (generally age 13 years or younger).

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Pedophilic Disorder

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Individuals with pedophilic disorder may experience an emotional and cognitive affinity with children

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Emotional congruence with children

65
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If the children are the person’s relatives, the pedophilia takes the form of?

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Incest

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Treatment for Paraphilic Disorders

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Covert Sensitization

67
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In this treatment, patients associate sexually arousing images in their imagination with some reasons why the behavior is harmful or dangerous

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Covert Sensitization

68
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Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent and intense sexual arousal from touching or rubbing against a nonconsenting person, as manifested by fantasies, urges, or behaviors.

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Frotteuristic Disorder

69
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Fear of not being able to satisfy partner during sex

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Performance anxiety

70
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Term for individuals w/ frotteuristic disorder

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Frotteur

71
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Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent and intense sexual arousal from the act of being humiliated, beaten, bound, or otherwise made to suffer, as manifested by fantasies, urges, or behaviors.

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Sexual Masochism Disorder

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