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Paraphilias

Known as: disorders paraphilia, sexual perversion, Paraphilia NOS 
Disorders that include recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors generally involving nonhuman objects, suffering of… 
National Institutes of Health

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32 relations
Disorders of sexual preferenceDisruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct DisordersIn BloodMicrobiological

Narrower (19)

ExhibitionismFetishism (Psychiatric)HypersexualityIncest (event)

Broader (2)

Mental disordersSexual deviations or disorders

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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… 
2009
2009
Heterokaryons and parasexual recombinants of Cryphonectria parasitica in two clonal populations in southeastern Europe.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Social Phobia as a Comorbid Condition in Sex Offenders with Paraphilia or Impulse Control Disorder
Studies on the prevalence of social anxiety in sex offenders show mixed results. This may be due to social anxiety being… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
A Monoamine Hypothesis for the Pathophysiology of Paraphilic Disorders
A monoamine pathophysiological hypothesis for paraphilias in males is based on the following data: (i) the monoamines… 
1995
1995
Clomipramine Treatment of Paraphilias in Elderly Demented Patients
Sexually inappropriate conduct often accompanies the disinhibition associated with dementia and neuropsychologic deficits… 
1984
1984
Mentally disordered firesetters: psychodynamic versus empirical approaches.
Review
1980
Review
1980
Sexual effects of antidepressents and psychomotor stimulant drugs.
Sexual dysfunction is common in depressive illness, most often occuring as loss of sexual interest, impotence, and a decline in… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Genetics of Growth in Axenic Medium of the Cellular Slime Mould Dictyostelium discoideum
ALTHOUGH Dictyostelium discoideum is normally grown on bacteria1,2, it is desirable for most biochemical studies to use strains… 
1969
1969
The possible role of parasexuality and cytoplasmic variation in race differentiation in Phytophthora infestans.
1956
1956
The general theory of sexual perversion.
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