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DSM-5

2013 edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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Dec 9, 2025
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What are the common mental health diagnoses found in individuals who commit sexual acts with animals?

Clinical literature treats sexual attraction to animals as a form of paraphilia that appears in the DSM under “Other Specified Paraphilic Disorder” when it causes distress or impairment; it is not a s...

Nov 4, 2025
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Can zoophilia be considered a paraphilia, and how is it classified in the context of furry fandom?

Zoophilia is treated in psychiatric literature as a paraphilia or an example of an "other specified paraphilic disorder," but diagnostic criteria require recurrent, distressing, or impairing patterns ...

Dec 31, 2025
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The effect of pornography

The literature presents a mixed picture: problematic or excessive pornography use is repeatedly associated with worse mental-health measures and relationship problems in cross-sectional and some longi...

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