title: Fetishistic transvestism in a patient with mental retardation and psychosis.
abstract: Fetishistic transvestism is a disorder of sexual preference associated with fantasies and sexual urges to dress in opposite gender clothing as a means of arousal and as an adjunct to masturbation and coitus. The disorder has been reported in people with learning disabilities. The disorder has been reported in a young male with dull normal intelligence. Transvestism though has been described in schizophrenia and psychosis and fetishism has been described in the course of simple schizophrenia, there are no reports of fetishistic transvestism in a patient with mental retardation and psychosis. A case of fetishistic transvestism in a patient with mental retardation and psychosis with treatment and relevant review of literature is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, MES Medical College, Perintalmanna, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Rajmohan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Velayudhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, MES Medical College, Perintalmanna, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Asfia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khaleel
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, MES Medical College, Perintalmanna, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Nideesh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sankar
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, MES Medical College, Perintalmanna, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Manoj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, MES Medical College, Perintalmanna, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Firoz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kazhungil
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, MES Medical College, Perintalmanna, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Thazhe Mangool
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Raghuram
keywords: Fetishism; mental retardation; psychosis; transvestism