Teaching psychiatric residents about paraphilic disorders.
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.
Wise
Thomas N
TN
Fairfax Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, 3300 Gallows Rd., Falls Church, VA 22042-3300, USA. thomas.wise@inova.org
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