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| Other names | Transvestic fetishism |
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| Specialty | Psychiatry |
| Symptoms | Being sexually aroused by the act ofcross-dressing and experiencing significant distress or impairment because of one’s behavior[1] |
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Transvestic disorder (formerlytransvestic fetishism) is apsychiatric diagnosis applied in some countries to people who are sexually aroused by the act ofcross-dressing and experience significant distress or impairment – socially or occupationally – because of their behavior.[2]
In countries which have adopted theWorld Health Organization standardICD-11 CDDR it is not a diagnosis, but has been deprecated in favor of the more general "Paraphilic disorder involving solitary behavior or consenting individuals".[3]
In countries, such as the United States, which use the American Psychiatric AssociationDSM-5 it is categorized as a specificparaphilic disorder.[4] It differs fromcross-dressing without distress or impairment, or for entertainment or other purposes that do not involvesexual arousal.
According toDSM-IV, transvestic disorder (called fetishism at that time) was limited toheterosexual men; however, the DSM-5 does not have this restriction, and opens it to women and men with this interest, regardless of theirsexual orientation.[2] It is, however, usually documented in men.[5]
There are two key criteria before a psychiatric diagnosis of "transvestic disorder" is made:[1]
An academic criticism says that the main cause of distress is not within the individual but “external invalidation, systemic stigma, and structural barriers” from society.[6]
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