Exam 14: Sexual Disorders and Gender Dysphoria

Describe the available treatments for sexual dysfunctions. If your partner had a sexual dysfunction, how would you approach treatment with him/her?

Kirk recalls playing dress up as a child, often wearing girl's clothing. In fact, his family albums are filled with cute photos of Kirk in dresses and high heels. Kirk's relatives found this to be very endearing and reinforced his behaviour. What disorder is Kirk most likely to have as an adult?

Child molesters are usually:

Dave frequently reveals his genitals in public and finds this exposure quite gratifying. From a psychodynamic perspective, Dave's behaviours could be seen as being motivated by ___________ as a way of reassuring himself of his masculinity.

The most common of the following disorders is:

What has been found by Canadian researchers Seto, Maric, and Barbaree (2001)regarding the relationship between pornography and sexual offending?

Earls and Lalumière's (2009)revealed that zoophilia was:

Therapy for rape victims includes helping the victim:

In a study by Studer and colleagues from the Alberta Hospital- Edmonton site, approximately what percentage of incest offenders reported also having non-incestuous victims?

Jim enjoys wearing women's clothing, but only when he is certain no one will discover his behaviour. In order to meet criteria for gender dysphoria, he would also have to

Because people with paraphilias often break the law, we have good statistics on the prevalence rate.

Oliver, a known pedophile, recently participated in a fMRI study. Jean, who has never engaged in any sexual deviance, also completed the same study. What difference(s)in brain activity may have been seen between the men?

Martin was sexually abused as a child and as an adult he has perpetrated sexual assault multiple times. According to recent research, he was most likely assaulted by:

Ray Blanchard of the Clarke Institute in Toronto coined the term "autogynephilia" to refer to which of the following symptoms in men?

A study conducted in Alberta by Worling (2001)found that almost two-fifths of adolescent child molesters had experienced:

Gender identity disorder is also referred to as transvestic fetishism.

Research on teenagers who are child molesters indicates that they tend to

Fetishists are sexually aroused by

People with gender identity disorder are typically homosexual.

Sam and Susie are in a relationship. Sam finds it sexually arousing to be the dominant one in the relationship and enjoys subjecting Susie to physical pain and psychological humiliation. Susie prefers being submissive in the relationship, but does not enjoy or find it sexually gratifying to be subjected to pain or humiliation. If Sam and Susie came to see you for couples counseling, what would you tell them in terms of diagnosis and suggestions for improving their relationship?