title: Teaching psychiatric residents about paraphilic disorders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The author describes a program for psychiatric residents in evaluating patients with paraphilic disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  The program curriculum offers clinical education in paraphilic disorders and is organized by various perspectives within psychiatry, including the disease model, the life story, the dimensional perspective, and the behavioral perspective.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Graduates of this program generally find this clinical and educational rotation very useful in their future work.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To develop an effective teaching module for paraphilic disorders, programs need an interested and knowledgeable faculty and an adequate clinical experience.
authors.affiliation: Fairfax Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, 3300 Gallows Rd., Falls Church, VA 22042-3300, USA. thomas.wise@inova.org
authors.forename: Thomas N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Wise
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods