2006/05/02 by Odd Reiersøl, Svein Skeid · 6 citations
Psychology · #Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology #Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending #Gambling Behavior and Treatments
paper · doi:10.1300/j082v50n02_12
openalex publication_date 2006/05/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
In this article we discuss psychiatric diagnoses of sexual deviation as they appear in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), the internationally accepted classification and diagnostic system of the World Health Organization (WHO). Namely, we discuss the background of three diagnostic categories: Fetishism (F65.0), Fetishistic Transvestism (F65.1), and Sadomasochism (F65.5). Pertinent background issues regarding the above categories are followed by a critique of the usefulness of diagnosing these phenomena today. Specifically, we argue that Fetishism, Fetishistic Transvestism, and Sadomasochism, also labeled Paraphilia or perversion, should not be considered illnesses. Finally, we present the efforts of an initiative known as ReviseF65, which was established in 1997, to abolish these diagnoses.