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Diagnosis information
Core diagnostic criteria, specifiers, differential considerations, and documentation support in one open, scan-friendly view.
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Core criterion A
Recurrent and intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, situations, or individuals, as manifested by fantasies, urges, or behaviours, for ≥6 months
Core criterion B
Individual has acted on these urges with a non-consenting person, or the urges/fantasies cause clinically significant distress or impairment
Core criterion C
Clinician specifies nature of the paraphilia (Other Specified) or chooses not to specify (Unspecified)
Consistent with [Other Specified Paraphilic Disorder] [specifier(s)]. Over a period of at least six months, there have been recurrent and intense sexual arousal involving a specific paraphilic focus not meeting full criteria for a named paraphilic disorder; sexual arousal manifested by fantasies, urges, or behaviours; marked distress or interpersonal difficulty related to the arousal, or risk of harm to others, forming a persistent paraphilic pattern. These symptoms have resulted in clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or interpersonal functioning, or risk of harm.
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