Paraphilic Disorders
Jocelyn Smith
What are Paraphilic Disorders?
Paraphilic Disorders are intense, recurring sexual fantasies, sexual urges or behaviors that involve non-human objects, children or non-consenting adults, suffering or humiliation (to self or to others) (Paraphilias, 1999). They are part of Sexual Disorders which are classified by a three-phase sexual response cycle: Desire, Arousal, and Orgasm (Sexual Dysfunction, 2014).
Paraphilic Disorder Causes
Types of Paraphilias
Exhibitionism
Including recurrent (for 6 months), intense, sexually arousing fantasies or behaviors of exposing one's genitals to an unsuspecting stranger (Other Sexual Disorders: The Paraphilias, 2009).
Fetishism
Involves recurrent (for 6 months), intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors that involve sexual attraction to a non living object that typically provide a source of specific tactile stimulation (Other Sexual Disorders: The Paraphilias, 2009).
Frotteurism
Recurrent (for 6 months), intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving touching and rubbing against a non-consenting person (Other Sexual Disorders: The Paraphilias, 2009).
Pedophilia
(Smith, 2014).
Consisting of recurrent (for 6 months), intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children (generally under the age of 13) (Other Sexual Disorders: The Paraphilias, 2009).Transvestism (Transvestic Fetishism)
Refers to a heterosexual male with recurrent (for 6 months), intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors that involve cross-dressing (dressing in clothing worn by the opposite sex) which has continued for at least six months (Other Sexual Disorders: The Paraphilias, 2009).
Voyeurism
Recurrent (for 6 months), intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving the act of observing an unsuspecting person who is naked, in the process of undressing, or engaging in sexual activity (Other Sexual Disorders: The Paraphilias, 2009).
Sexual Masochism
Recurrent (for 6 months), intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving the act (real, not simulated) of being humiliated, beaten, bound, or otherwise made to suffer (Other Sexual Disorders: The Paraphilias, 2009).
Sexual Sadism
(OwenX, 2005).
Recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving acts (real, not simulated) in which psychological or physical suffering (including humiliation) of the victim is sexually exciting to the person (Other Sexual Disorders: The Paraphilias, 2009).
Treatments
- The medications used to treat paraphilic disorders can help reduce the paraphilic behavior, reducing the amount of testosterone in the body which lowers the sex drive (Paraphilias Causes and Treatments, 2009).
Therapies: The usage of therapies is to either create an aversion to what was the focus of fantasy of the paraphilic disorder (Paraphilias Causes and Treatments, 2009).
- Group therapies
- While the group therapy method for treating Paraphilic Disorders focuses on renewing or building social skills, while finding the cause of the Paraphilic Disorder (Paraphilias Causes and Treatments, 2009).