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Voyeurism

MedGen UID:
12126
•Concept ID:
C0042979
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonym: Voyeurisms
SNOMED CT: Voyeurism (63835008)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0001135

Definition

A disorder characterized by recurrent sexual urges, fantasies, or behaviors involving observing an unsuspecting person who is naked, disrobing, or engaging in sexual activity. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVVoyeurism

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Disregarding science, clinical utility, and the DSM's definition of mental disorder: the case of exhibitionism, voyeurism, and frotteurism.
Hinderliter AC
Arch Sex Behav 2010 Dec;39(6):1235-7. doi: 10.1007/s10508-010-9654-8. PMID: 20703788
The DSM diagnostic criteria for exhibitionism, voyeurism, and frotteurism.
Långström N
Arch Sex Behav 2010 Apr;39(2):317-24. doi: 10.1007/s10508-009-9577-4. PMID: 19924524
Victimization of women and its impact on assessment and treatment in the psychiatric emergency setting.
Butterfield MI, Panzer PG, Forneris CA
Psychiatr Clin North Am 1999 Dec;22(4):875-96. doi: 10.1016/s0193-953x(05)70131-3. PMID: 10623976

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

A Descriptive Model of Voyeuristic Behavior.
Lister VPM, Gannon TA
Sex Abuse 2024 Apr;36(3):320-348. Epub 2023 Apr 5 doi: 10.1177/10790632231168072. PMID: 37019092Free PMC Article
The Motivation-Facilitation Model of Sexual Offending.
Seto MC
Sex Abuse 2019 Feb;31(1):3-24. Epub 2017 Jul 17 doi: 10.1177/1079063217720919. PMID: 28715948
Unmasking the predicament of cultural voyeurism: a postcolonial analysis of international nursing placements.
Racine L, Perron A
Nurs Inq 2012 Sep;19(3):190-201. Epub 2011 Jul 10 doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2011.00555.x. PMID: 22882504
The DSM diagnostic criteria for exhibitionism, voyeurism, and frotteurism.
Långström N
Arch Sex Behav 2010 Apr;39(2):317-24. doi: 10.1007/s10508-009-9577-4. PMID: 19924524
Voyeurism: a review of literature.
Smith RS
Arch Sex Behav 1976 Nov;5(6):585-608. doi: 10.1007/BF01541221. PMID: 795401

Diagnosis

Assessment of the paraphilias.
Seto MC, Kingston DA, Bourget D
Psychiatr Clin North Am 2014 Jun;37(2):149-61. Epub 2014 Apr 18 doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2014.03.001. PMID: 24877702
The widening scope of indications for perversion.
Kulish N, Holtzman D
Psychoanal Q 2014 Apr;83(2):281-313. doi: 10.1002/j.2167-4086.2014.00092.x. PMID: 24777365
Axis I psychiatric disorders, paraphilic sexual offending and implications for pharmacological treatment.
Kafka M
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 2012;49(4):255-61. PMID: 23585462
The DSM diagnostic criteria for exhibitionism, voyeurism, and frotteurism.
Långström N
Arch Sex Behav 2010 Apr;39(2):317-24. doi: 10.1007/s10508-009-9577-4. PMID: 19924524
Voyeur nation? Changing definitions of voyeurism, 1950-2004.
Metzl JM
Harv Rev Psychiatry 2004 Mar-Apr;12(2):127-31. doi: 10.1080/10673220490447245. PMID: 15204808

Therapy

Pharmacotherapy of paraphilias with long-acting agonists of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone: a systematic review.
Briken P, Hill A, Berner W
J Clin Psychiatry 2003 Aug;64(8):890-7. doi: 10.4088/jcp.v64n0806. PMID: 12927003
Intracranial voyeurism: revealing the mammillary bodies in alcoholism.
Charness ME
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1999 Dec;23(12):1941-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04095.x. PMID: 10630614
Victimization of women and its impact on assessment and treatment in the psychiatric emergency setting.
Butterfield MI, Panzer PG, Forneris CA
Psychiatr Clin North Am 1999 Dec;22(4):875-96. doi: 10.1016/s0193-953x(05)70131-3. PMID: 10623976
Compulsive voyeurism and exhibitionism: a clinical response to paroxetine.
Abouesh A, Clayton A
Arch Sex Behav 1999 Feb;28(1):23-30. doi: 10.1023/a:1018737504537. PMID: 10097802
Paraphilias: phenomenology and classification.
Money J
Am J Psychother 1984 Apr;38(2):164-79. doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.2.164. PMID: 6234812

Prognosis

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Funerals: Experiences of Participants in the 2020 Dying2Learn Massive Open Online Course.
Rawlings D, Miller-Lewis L, Tieman J
Omega (Westport) 2024 Jun;89(2):429-451. Epub 2022 Feb 24 doi: 10.1177/00302228221075283. PMID: 35199622Free PMC Article
Sex Differences in Voyeuristic and Exhibitionistic Interests: Exploring the Mediating Roles of Sociosexuality and Sexual Compulsivity from an Evolutionary Perspective.
Thomas AG, Stone B, Bennett P, Stewart-Williams S, Kennair LEO
Arch Sex Behav 2021 Jul;50(5):2151-2162. Epub 2021 Jul 6 doi: 10.1007/s10508-021-01991-0. PMID: 34231108Free PMC Article
Paraphilic Sexual Interests and Sexually Coercive Behavior: A Population-Based Twin Study.
Baur E, Forsman M, Santtila P, Johansson A, Sandnabba K, Långström N
Arch Sex Behav 2016 Jul;45(5):1163-72. Epub 2016 Jan 11 doi: 10.1007/s10508-015-0674-2. PMID: 26754158
Preferential rape in the theory of courtship disorder.
Freund K, Seto MC
Arch Sex Behav 1998 Oct;27(5):433-43. doi: 10.1023/a:1018796312289. PMID: 9795725
Patterns of sexual arousal and history in a "normal" sample of young men.
Templeman TL, Stinnett RD
Arch Sex Behav 1991 Apr;20(2):137-50. doi: 10.1007/BF01541940. PMID: 2064539

Clinical prediction guides

Sex Differences in Voyeuristic and Exhibitionistic Interests: Exploring the Mediating Roles of Sociosexuality and Sexual Compulsivity from an Evolutionary Perspective.
Thomas AG, Stone B, Bennett P, Stewart-Williams S, Kennair LEO
Arch Sex Behav 2021 Jul;50(5):2151-2162. Epub 2021 Jul 6 doi: 10.1007/s10508-021-01991-0. PMID: 34231108Free PMC Article
Visual Representations of Physical Trauma: A Medical Pedagogy.
Wellbery C
J Med Humanit 2021 Jun;42(2):225-233. doi: 10.1007/s10912-020-09623-9. PMID: 32394160
Paraphilic Sexual Interests and Sexually Coercive Behavior: A Population-Based Twin Study.
Baur E, Forsman M, Santtila P, Johansson A, Sandnabba K, Långström N
Arch Sex Behav 2016 Jul;45(5):1163-72. Epub 2016 Jan 11 doi: 10.1007/s10508-015-0674-2. PMID: 26754158
Assessment of the paraphilias.
Seto MC, Kingston DA, Bourget D
Psychiatr Clin North Am 2014 Jun;37(2):149-61. Epub 2014 Apr 18 doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2014.03.001. PMID: 24877702
The addiction to negativity.
Lane RC, Hull JW, Foehrenbach LM
Psychoanal Rev 1991 Fall;78(3):391-410. PMID: 1763149

Recent systematic reviews

Pharmacotherapy of paraphilias with long-acting agonists of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone: a systematic review.
Briken P, Hill A, Berner W
J Clin Psychiatry 2003 Aug;64(8):890-7. doi: 10.4088/jcp.v64n0806. PMID: 12927003

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