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Paraphilic Infantilism a Rare Case of Fetishistic Behaviour

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ranjani Pandita-Gunawardena
Ranjani Pandita-Gunawardena*
Affiliation:
Netherne Hospital, PO Box 150, Coulsdon, Surrey CR3 1YE
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Abstract

A rare case of infantile behaviour of a fetishistic nature in an 80–year-old man was possibly related to a head injury at the age of six, when his regression first began. Treatment was deemed unwarranted.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 5 , November 1990 , pp. 767 - 770
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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