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Desiring Disability? Problematizing Devoteeism and the Undesirability of Disabled Bodies Through the Lens of Amputees

open access: yesTheoria, Volume 91, Issue 3, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Several studies argue that disabled people are trapped between being only desired in spite of impairment/disability or, alternatively, precisely because of it. In the latter case, disabled bodies are fetishized by ‘devotees’. The aims of this paper are (1) to theoretically examine how desire for impaired and disabled bodies and specifically ...
Andrea García‐Santesmases   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compulsive sexual behaviours and relational consequences: A phenomenological study on intimate female partner impacts

open access: yesCounselling and Psychotherapy Research, Volume 25, Issue 1, March 2025.
Abstract Background Studies on sexual addiction (SA) and compulsive sexual behaviour (CSB) outline a new area of counselling research touching on a variety of social, gendered, and cultural repercussions for those who are affected, including individuals, families, intimate partners, and society. Taboos surrounding SA/CSB frequently cast the topic in an
Fakri Seyed Aghamiri   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compulsive sexual behavior among male military veterans: Prevalence and associated clinical factors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background and aims: Compulsive sexual behavior (CSB) is highly prevalent among men, often co-occurring with psychiatric disorders and traumatic experiences.
Hoff, Rani   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Psychopathology, psychopathy, body management, and undoing in youthful parricide offenders

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 70, Issue 1, Page 186-199, January 2025.
Abstract This study of 21 youthful parricide offenders (YPOs) ages 11–21 examined the relationship between psychopathology, level of psychopathy, and crime scene behaviors, particularly two forms of “body management”: (1) “body movement” and (2) “body alteration.” Undoing, a form of body alteration reflecting psychological rather than practical needs ...
Wade Myers   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lessons Learnt From Running a Transition‐Age Youth Mental Health Outpatient Clinic in Italy: The PRecocity of Intervention in Adolescent Medicine (PRIMA) Experience

open access: yesEarly Intervention in Psychiatry, Volume 19, Issue 1, January 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim This study assessed whether transition age between adolescence and young adulthood poses a challenge for both patients and mental health services. Methods We retrospectively examined the baseline characteristics, diagnoses and treatments of 99 individuals aged 16–35 presenting to the PRecocity of Intervention in Adolescent Medicine (PRIMA)
Marco Colizzi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Use of Criminal Profilers in the Prosecution of Serial Killers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the concept of criminal profiling in terms of serial killers in the United States. The research provided in this paper was found using the most recent research available on the topic.
van Aken, Chelsea
core   +2 more sources

Neural correlates of sexual cue reactivity in individuals with and without compulsive sexual behaviours [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Although compulsive sexual behaviour (CSB) has been conceptualized as a "behavioural" addiction and common or overlapping neural circuits may govern the processing of natural and drug rewards, little is known regarding the responses to sexually explicit ...
A Ferretti   +75 more
core   +3 more sources

The “virtual” child: The unconscious functions of child sexual exploitation material

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 21, Issue 4, December 2024.
Abstract The narratives of individuals using child sexual exploitation material (CSEM) highlight the individual and unconscious functions of this type of sexual offense. Fluid cycles of projection into and identification with the children in the imagery were evident, as were marked differences in the intensity and exclusivity of pedophilic sexual ...
Julie Brown, Ray O' Neill
wiley   +1 more source

The use of cyproterone acetate in a forensic psychiatric cohort of male sex offenders and its associations with sexual activity and sexual functioning

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Psychiatry, 2017
Background: Cyproterone acetate (CPA) is a steroidal anti-androgenic medication used in the field of psychiatry for the treatment of paraphilic disorders, hypersexuality, and inappropriate sexual behaviour which may be present in patients with disorders ...
Gian Lippi, Paul J. van Staden
doaj   +1 more source

Revisiting the role of impulsivity and compulsivity in problematic sexual behaviors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Impulsivity and compulsivity are transdiagnostic features associated with clinically relevant aspects of psychiatric disorders, including addictions. However, little research has investigated how impulsivity and compulsivity relate to hypersexuality and ...
Bőthe, B   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

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