The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is a publication by the American Psychiatric Association for the classification of mental disorders using a common language and standard crite
1952 edition of the DSM (DSM-I)
Statistical card for use in hospitals for mental illness
Paraphilia
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A paraphilia is an uncommon, intense, and persistent sexual arousal or attraction to anything not sexual by nature, though preference is favored for specific designations. Paraphilia has also been def
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
…social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning", although DSM-IV-TR removed the distress criterion from tic disorders and several of the paraphilias due to their egosyntonic nature. Each category of disorder has a numeric code taken from the ICD coding system, used for health service (including…
Podophilia (foot fetishism), a paraphilia
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