title: [Comparison between paraphilia and psychosis].
abstract: It is difficult in principle to make a diagnosis of psychoses in most cases of paraphilic behaviour. It is possible, on the contrary, to discover some structural similarities between a psychotic state and paraphilic tendencies. In any case as we assume psychoses to be a severe disorder in comparison to, for instance, a neurotic syndrome, the same comparison can be made between a permanent paraphilic disorder and a dysfunctional sexual disturbance.
authors.affiliation: Département de psychiatrie, Unité Sillons 2, Secteur Pâquis, Belle-Idée, chemin du Petit-Bel-Air 2, 1225 Chêne-Bourg.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vlatkovic
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dallon
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*