Transvestic fetishism
| Transvestic fetishism | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Transvestic disorder |
| Specialty | Psychiatry |
| Symptoms | Being sexually aroused by the act of cross-dressing and experiencing significant distress or impairment because of one’s behavior[1] |
| Cross-dressing |
|---|
Transvestic fetishism is a psychiatric diagnosis applied in some countries to people who are sexually aroused by the act of cross-dressing and experience significant distress or impairment – socially or occupationally – because of their behavior.[2][1]
In countries which have adopted the World Health Organization standard ICD-11 CDDR it is not a diagnosis, but has been deprecated in favor of the more general "Paraphilic disorder involving solitary behavior or consenting individuals".[3]
In countries, such as the United States, which use the American Psychiatric Association DSM-5 it is categorized as a paraphilic disorder under the name transvestic disorder.[4] It differs from cross-dressing without distress or impairment, or for entertainment or other purposes that do not involve sexual arousal.
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- ^ American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing. pp. 685–705. ISBN 978-0-89042-555-8.