Sexual masochism disorder is a paraphilic disorder, which involves recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, urges, or behaviors that are distressing or disabling and have the potential to ...

A survey in the Czech Republic found that individuals who had poor relationships with their parents were more likely to have violent paraphilic sexual interests. The study suggests this association is ...

There have been four ringing rejections of the concept of paraphilic rape- in DSM III, in DSM IIIR, in DSM IV, and in a 1999 APA Task Force report. The circumstances surrounding the latter three ...

Lots of ordinary people are into sex with a dash of voyeurism, fetishism and masochism - all habits classified as deviant in the manual doctors use to diagnose mental health disorders, a survey of ...

This news release is available in French. Are the sexual interests and behaviors of Quebeckers abnormal? According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), ...

Finally, the State asserts that unspecified paraphilic disorder (USPD) is generally accepted in the psychiatric community citing People v. Harris, 48 Misc 3d 950 (2015 Bronx County Supreme Court, ...