Psychiatry and Psychology

Exhibitionism

A disorder in which fantasies about or the act of exposing the genitals to an unsuspecting stranger produces sexual excitement with no attempt at further sexual activity with the stranger.

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Abstract

A disorder in which fantasies about or the act of exposing the genitals to an unsuspecting stranger produces sexual excitement with no attempt at further sexual activity with the stranger.

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  • Exhibitionisms

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31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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History Note

91(75); was see under PARAPHILIAS 1981-90; was see under SEX DEVIATION 1968-80

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Exhibitionism. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005084. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005084
  2. Exhibitionism. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibitionism
  3. Exhibitionism. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43405