MASOCHISM - ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT AND THE QUALITY OF CONSENT TO INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR

Authors
THOMASPETER B HUMPHREYS M
Citation
B. Thomaspeter et M. Humphreys, MASOCHISM - ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT AND THE QUALITY OF CONSENT TO INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR, JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY, 8(3), 1997, pp. 669-677
Citations number
18
Journal title
JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY → ACNP
ISSN journal
09585184
Volume
8
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
669 - 677
Database
ISI
SICI code
0958-5184(1997)8:3<669:M-ATAT>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Sexual masochism is an elusive diagnostic category and may encompass a whole range of different behaviours. This diversity has not only clin ical implications but also legal ones. This paper describes two cases, one from each end of what might be described as the spectrum of the d isorder, and highlights some therapeutic issues as well as the potenti al legal ramifications of the diagnosis in relation to the quality of consent to the injurious behaviour of others.