Compulsive masturbation in a patient with delusional disorder
Author(s) -
Avinash De Sousa,
Nilesh Shah,
Sushma Sonavane,
Sagar Karia
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of mental health and human behaviour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2543-1897
pISSN - 0971-8990
DOI - 10.4103/0971-8990.164825
Subject(s) - paraphilia , delusional disorder , psychiatry , mood , anxiety , obsessive compulsive , psychology , clinical psychology , bipolar disorder , medicine , psychosis , sexual behavior
Compulsive masturbation is a type of paraphilia related disorder in which a person engages in masturbatory behavior to such an extent that it causes socio-occupational dysfunction. The psychiatric co-morbidities associated with it include mood and anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, etc. Here, we report a case of a patient with the delusional disorder having compulsive masturbation
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