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DSM-IV: Exhibitionism


This paraphilia is characterized by sexual fantasies, urges, or behaviors involving surprise exposure of the individual's genitals to a stranger.

Diagnostic criteria for 302.4 Exhibitionism 
(cautionary statement)

These criteria are obsolete! Current criteria.

A. Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving the exposure of one's genitals to an unsuspecting stranger. 

B. The fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth Edition. Copyright 1994 American Psychiatric Association

 


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