Psychology 2310A/B Lecture Notes - Gender Dysphoria, Asphyxia, Sexual Arousal

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: Rod Martin

Document Summary

Types of sexual disorders in dsm-5: paraphilic disorders. Issues in defining sexual abnormality: problems with the statistical approach (deviation, dsm-5 criteria. Unwilling victim: cultural norms and values. Dsm-iv-tr criteria: recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving: Suffering or humiliation of self or partner: last at least 6 months, clinical distress or impairment, acting on urges if activity is illegal. Associated features: prevalence , course, sex ratio almost exclusively male. Media vs. form: transvestic fetishism, sexual sadism and masochism. Paraphilias: sexual offences : voyeurism, exhibitionism, frotteurism, pedophilia. Vulnerabilities arising in childhood: conditioning experiences classical, operant, disrupted childhood sexual abuse, personality disturbance egocentric, low empathy, low self-confidence. Sociocultural factors (e. g. , feminist theory: patriarchal structures, male dominance, violence, power. Precipitated by stress: anger, depression, boredom, intoxication, poor coping skills. Treatment of paraphilias: medications ssris, antiandrogens, earlier behaviour therapy techniques. Cognitive restructuring attitudes, beliefs: social skills training. Empathy, assertiveness, relationship skills: stress management training.