A young adult woman finds that she becomes sexually aroused…
A young adult woman finds that she becomes sexually aroused almost exclusively by actions that serve to punish and humiliate her husband of five years (e.g., expressed fantasies and multiple affairs even with other men that he knows to achieve her arousal via cuckoldry). She is a successful and assertive college student who actually loves her husband and would like to maintain their marriage into the future. She appears to experience no personal psychological distress from these self-described “sexual games”, She appears to experience no personal psychological distress from these self-described “sexual games” but her husband has not been consenting, has experienced extreme distress, and has filed for divorce. The prospect of a divorce is upsetting to her. Based on this information alone, which of the following appears to represent the most appropriate DSM-5 diagnosis?
Read DetailsOne prior study (Dancey, Taghavi, & Fox, 1998) found that da…
One prior study (Dancey, Taghavi, & Fox, 1998) found that daily stressors predicted symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome for about 40% of their sample. Assume that Bill Smith is one participant in that cohort who describes a close link between daily stress and “flare ups” of gastrointestinal distress associated with his IBS. Which of the following diagnoses seems most consistent with his condition?
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