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Fetishism (Psychiatric)

Known as: Fetishisms (Psychiatric), fetish, fetishisms sexual 
A disorder characterized by recurrent sexual urges, fantasies, or behaviors involving the use of nonliving objects such as women's wearing apparel… 
National Institutes of Health

Related topics

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In BloodMasochismMicrobiologicalSexual Sadism

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ParaphiliasSexual deviations or disorders

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
A Further Assessment of Blanchard’s Typology of Homosexual Versus Non-Homosexual or Autogynephilic Gender Dysphoria
In a series of important but now highly controversial articles, Blanchard examined associations of sexual orientation and… 
2010
2010
DSM-5 Proposals for Paraphilias: Suggestions for Reducing False Positives Related to Use of Behavioral Manifestations
During each of the revisions of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Cage of Freedom: Tamil Identity and the Ethnic Fetish in Malaysia
Based on nearly three years of ethnographic fieldwork in the little-studied Malaysian Tamil community, this book captures the… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
A comparison of typical death scene features in cases of fatal male and autoerotic asphyxia with a review of the literature.
1990
1990
The relationship of male transsexual typology to psychosocial adjustment
In a search to uncover variables predictive of psychosocial adjustment of male transsexuals, this study examined features which… 
1981
1981
Update: physically intimate and sexual behavior on prime-time television, 1978-79.
The 1978-79 prime time television programming season was examined to determine the frequency and portrayal of sex, and it was… 
1963
1963
Fetishism in children.
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
RELATIONSHIP OF FETISHISM AND TRANSVESTISM TO BRAIN AND PARTICULARLY TO TEMPORAL LOBE DYSFUNCTION
Both fetishism and transvestism are characterized by the dominance of symbol or sign in sexual activity. In fetishism, arousal… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
Hair pulling and fetishism.
Highly Cited
1946
Highly Cited
1946
Fetishism and object choice in early childhood.
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