PARAPHILIAS

Emotional Disorder

sexually arousing fantasies, urges, or behaviors

repeat/intensify for at least six months

Martin Kafka -- McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass

Worked with Bulimics

"Both groups were suffering from a disregulation of appetite"

STATS

• 95% male, 5 % female
• 33% normal men admit to rape fantasies
• 28% normal men were aroused by pedophiliac images

More than just testosterone imbalance

👇Serotonin = 👆Sex Drive

Causes

Unclear

Possibly childhood trauma, sexual abuse, or exposure

objects or situations
+
repeatedly associated w/ pleasurable sexual activity
=
sexual arousal

Symptoms

Paraphilia = DEPENDENCE

Overwhelming attraction and desire
---->
distress

Inescapable obsession

Treatments

TREATMENTS

• Medication
• Victim Identification
• Covert Conditioning
• Orgasmic Reconditioning
• Masterbatory Extinction

TREATMENTS

• Masturbatory Satiation
• Aversion Therapy
• Group Therapy
• Morrill

TREATMENTS