INSIDE THE MIND OF A PREDATOR

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PARAPHILIAS (Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-IV-TR, 2000, American Psychiatric Association)

  • EXHIBITIONISM: recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, behaviours, involving exposure of  genitals to an unsuspecting stranger, or where the sexual urges or fantasies cause marked distress or interpersonal difficulty.
  • FETISHISM: recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, behaviours, involving use of nonliving objects (e.g., female undergarments), fantasies, sexual urges, and behaviours cause clinical distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
  • FROTTEURISM: recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, behaviours, involving touching, rubbing against a nonconsenting person.