Paraphilias: eMedicine Psychiatry

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Paraphilias: eMedicine Psychiatry

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Overview: Paraphilia is a rare disorder, and the best criteria for diagnosis come from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) or the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10). ...

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