The Paraphilias: A Multiplicity of Deviant Behaviours^* Journal Articles

abstract

• The DSM-II and DSM-III both allow for multiple diagnoses. The DSM-III acknowledges that a patient may have multiple paraphilias but the true nature and extent of the multiplicity has only been documented recently. In order to study the degree of crossover between the various paraphiliac acts, a study of men who admitted to at least one paraphilia was conducted. A proportional index of multiple deviation was obtained. In addition, the mean number of admitted sexually deviant incidents per paraphilic category was computed as an estimate of the extent of deviant acts committed by this population. The results indicated that paraphiliacs tend to have multiple types of sexual aberrations as well as a high frequency of deviant acts per individual.

authors

• Bradford, John
• Boulet, J
• Pawlak, A

status

• published 

publication date

• March 1992

has subject area

• 11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
• 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences (FoR)
• Adult (MeSH)
• Arousal (MeSH)
• Behavior, Addictive (MeSH)
• Canada (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Imagination (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Paraphilic Disorders (MeSH)
• Personality Disorders (MeSH)
• Prevalence (MeSH)
• Psychiatric Status Rating Scales (MeSH)
• Psychiatry (Science Metrix)
• Sexual Behavior (MeSH)

published in

• Canadian Journal of Psychiatry  Journal

keywords

• Adult
• Arousal
• Behavior, Addictive
• Canada
• Humans
• Imagination
• Male
• Paraphilic Disorders
• Personality Disorders
• Prevalence
• Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
• Sexual Behavior

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/070674379203700206

PubMed ID

• 1562953

start page

• 104

end page

• 108

volume

• 37

issue

• 2