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Two cases of transvestophilia arising following behavioural psychotherapy treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

S Rani  and
Lynne Drummond
S Rani
Affiliation:
Springfield Hospital, London SW17, England
Lynne Drummond
Affiliation:
Department of General Psychiatry, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 ORE, England
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Abstract

Early psychodynamic formulations of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)suggest that its aetiology lies in repressed sexual impulses. Despite this, sexual aberration has rarely been reported in conjunction with OCD or arising following treatment. This paper describes two case histories of patients with severe, chronic OCD whose sexually deviant behaviour increased following successful behavioural psychotherapy. Classical Freudian, behavioural cognitive and neuropsychological models for this finding are discussed.

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Case Reports
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , December 1996 , pp. 164 - 166
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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