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Sexual deviances
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of advanced studies in sexology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2668-9987
pISSN - 2668-7194
DOI - 10.46388/ijass.2019.12.119
Subject(s) - psychology , human sexuality , sexual dysfunction , psychological distress , distress , clinical psychology , mental health , psychiatry , sociology , gender studies
Mental disorder is a significant behavioural or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual and is associated with distress, impairment in functioning, or increased risk of suffering, death, pain, disability, or an important loss of freedom. It is a manifestation of a behavioural, psychological, or biological dysfunction in the individual. Socio-environmental factors can lead to an intellectually deficient individual to a deviant sexuality. Individuals with intellectual disabilities have problematic behaviour including, aggressive behaviour towards others and destructive acts. Some problematic behaviour includes a sexual component.Keywords: sexual deviances, mental disorder.