Paraphilia

Consensual cannibalism: a contemporary topic that remains a slightly taboo subject due to the lack of exploration. This is evident in that there are little to no definitions available for consensual cannibalism that depict exactly what it is. However, the name is straightforward, with it being synonymous to a type of cannibalism that includes consent. In other words, it is an act of cannibalism in which a person has the permission to eat another human being. There are few recorded incidents of…

for him. David never blocked out anything in his childhood based off of the books and articles by which I read. His predispositional factors were rather general he did not have any head trauma which is normally typically for people experiencing Paraphilia. David was very much rational and not crazy. (Johnson,…

Now that the diagnostic criteria, supplemental features, comorbidities, and differentials have been identified and described, there will be a review of supportive evidence. There were a lot of concerns with regards to frotteuristic disorder being in the DSM-5 such as the social stigmas and legal liability associated with the diagnosis. So, the DSM-5 adapted by providing absolute “what if” solutions to avoid over diagnosis. As frotteurism is not a victimless action, distress can be an outcome,…

There are many people in this world who commit horrible things in life. Some get caught and some keep their secrets to their graves. Jack the Ripper was a serial killer who was never found. Till this day no one knows who he was. The BTK killer or BTK strangler as he was called, was a man who FBI discovered, and was apprehended for the gruesome crimes he committed. Although these two serial killers are different they have many things in common too. For example they both had hatred towards women…

expresses cruelty to pets and is happy when they die. The criterion used in this context is the sexual abuse that he committed. To support my diagnosis, I would like to know if exactly when Rudy committed the crime was high. The treatment for coercive paraphilia is behavior modification. Rudy should stay in prison and learn to change his morals through the hostile events in jail. In the case of any therapy intervention, it should be done in prison. DSM-V is beneficial in this research because…

Have you ever wondered why we are the way we are or why we think differently from the people around us? Well, many of these characteristics come from our DNA that we inherited from our parents its part of our genetic make-up. Although, there are many things that we inherit from our environment as we grow. Have you ever thought about why the majority of psycho killers have no remorse towards their actions or why they commit these unexplainable tragedies? Psycho killers have an Antisocial…

(Zoloft), fluoxetine (Prozac), fluvoxamine (Luvox), citalopram (Celexa), and paroxetine (Paxil). Intensity of sex drive is not consistently related to the behavior of paraphiliacs and high levels of circulating testosterone do not predispose a male to paraphilias. Hormones such as medroxyprogesterone acetate and cyproterone acetate decrease…

BIID, Bodily Integrity Identity Disorder, formally known as, apotemnophilia (love of amputation), is “a psychologically based condition in which an individual has a fantasy of having a missing limb”("Apotemnophilia ", 2016). In patients diagnosed with BIID who do not receive the surgery they need, the desire to have an amputation is so overbearing that they will go to extreme lengths to conduct the operation themselves. Patients have been known to “pour drain cleaner into her [their]…

their behaviors the prognosis for eliminating voyeuristic disorder is gravely poor. Prevention is a prevalent method to reduce voyeurism and guidance regarding behaviors that are culturally acceptable can be used to prevent the development of the paraphilia. Society can assist with the reduction of voyeurism with simple tasks such as closing curtains and dropping their blinds keeping their homes more private. As far as biases are concerned, I have none, there would be no difficulties with…

“Don't Ask Don't Tell” was a policy enacted on the military in 1993, this policy allowed for a US soldier no matter what rank, gender, race, or religious affiliation, who was gay or lesbian to be kicked out of service if their sexual orientation became known. In 2010 congress had repealed this discriminatory policy. In the summer of 2012, the Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, which had forced the federal government to deny more than 1,000 federal…