transvestic fetishism

in DSM–IV–TR, a paraphilia characterized by the wearing of female clothes by a heterosexual male for the purpose of achieving sexual excitement and arousal. The term in DSM–5 is transvestic disorder, signifying that the paraphilia is only pathological if it causes distress or significant functional impairment. Whether disordered or not, it is distinct from transvestism, the nonsexualized cross-dressing by men or women of any sexual preference.

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November 21st 2024

ethnopsychopharmacology

n. the branch of pharmacology that studies ethnic and cultural variations in the use of and response to psychoactive agents across divergent groups, as well as the mechanisms responsible for such differences. —ethnopsychopharmacological adj.