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Behaviour Therapy for Transvestism

A Comparison of Pharmacological and Electrical Aversion Techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. C. Barker*
Affiliation:
Shelton Hospital, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Extract

Transvestism is characterized by a repetitive morbid predilection to dress in the attire of the opposite sex. It is distinguishable from fetishism on the one hand and trans-sexualism on the other.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1965 

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