DSM-5 proposed diagnostic criteria for sexual paraphilias: Tensions between diagnostic validity and forensic utility

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-209

  Wakefield, Jerome C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXHIBITIONISM; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PEDOPHILIA; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; VALIDITY;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; PARAPHILIAS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79958105801     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: 18736386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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