Thanks much, Beth...yes, I think you have a good point; she would almost certainly be diagnosed with a paraphilia, but it seems likely that this isn't the end of the story (it rarely is....).
Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Professor Editor, Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice Department of Psychology Emory University 36 Eagle Row Atlanta, Georgia 30322 [email protected] (404) 727-1125 Psychology Today Blog: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-skeptical-psychologist 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140513111X.html Scientific American Mind: Facts and Fictions in Mental Health Column: http://www.scientificamerican.com/sciammind/ The Master in the Art of Living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his intellectual passions. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him - he is always doing both. - Zen Buddhist text (slightly modified) From: Beth Benoit [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 9:30 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] weirdness Welcome back, Scott! Would Amy Wolfe's rather unusual relationship be able to be so easily classified as a paraphilia? People who have paraphilias, such as shoe fetishes, don't have relationships with the shoes. They don't want to marry them. I suppose we could consider comorbidity and look at the unusual relationship as a separate disorder... (Sorry about the DSM mistake. I should have remembered that we're now at DSM-IV-TR - not V yet!) Beth Benoit On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Lilienfeld, Scott O <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi All - Back on TIPS from a long hiatus (but have been lurking for a few weeks.....)....Objectum sexuality would be classified as a "Paraphilia Not Otherwise Specified" (Code 302.9) in DSM-IV, along with with necrophilia, telephone scatologia, zoophilia, and other paraphilias you don't want to know about (trust me on this one). P.S. DSM-V is not due out until 2012 (but who knows when it will actually appear). Does this posting earn me the TIPSTER of the week (only kidding...I hope)? . ....Scott ________________________________ From: Beth Benoit [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 7:26 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] weirdness Since I teach a course in Human Sexuality, I did a little follow-up search on this story, and found this story which includes a documentary about this young woman. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/277168 "Objectum sexuality" is not unheard of apparently, but I don't see it in the DSM-IV (I don't have V yet - does anyone who has V see it there?), nor in my textbook on Human Sexuality. It seems to have some of the characteristics of fetishism, but doesn't fit comfortably in that definition either. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:35 AM, DeVolder Carol L <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: If you thought anime-love was weird, check this out... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5972632/Woman-getting-married-to-fairground-ride.html or http://tinyurl.com/l3858w Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 Phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with anyone without permission of the sender. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
