Can the sponsor explain this to me real quick? Im not sure whatvthis does
It replaces the DSM which quite frankly has some offensive characterizations, and pretends something to be objective and consensus while it is not, while i don't believe putting labels on mentally ill people helps anyone.
5. Personality Disorders is a highly flawed term and all cases of PD's need to be re-evaluated.
a. In practice, they often fit in different categories or have comorbid diagnosises or have other undiagnosed disorders.
b. The term "personality disorder" is not based on science and is a discriminating term.
This for example does not exist. And usually are people with comorbid diagnosises, basically being flaws of mental diagnosises. It doesn't help anyone if you get a personality disorder diagnosis.
4. The Republic of Atlasia recognises gender dysphoria, but does not see gender dysphoria in the context of a mental disorder. It does however recognise that people suffering from gender-related issues need a lot of care and help and that this can increase the likelihood of the occurence of a different disorder.
a. The Republic of Atlasia continues to commit to being inclusive to all groups
It seems gender dysphoria as a mental disorder, i don't think that is true.
Paraphilic disorder exists when recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors currently cause distress or impairment to the individual or whose satisfaction has entailed personal harm, or risk of harm, to others generally involving: non-human objects, the suffering or humiliation of oneself.
Paraphilic disorders are not mental disorders, but people who resort to criminal acts, basically it gives protections to pedophiles etc.
According to the DSM-5, there are eight types of paraphilic disorders. They are:
Fetishism Disorder
With fetishism, a person uses inanimate objects to create sexual pleasure. They could also focus on body parts without genitals to create sexual pleasure. Fetishism can be harmless. It’s only classified as a disorder when it causes significant distress or causes some form of harm and occurs for at least six months. Some common fetishes include food, hand, armpit, and leg fetishes.
Frotteuristic Disorder
A person with frotteurism will rub their genitals against another’s in a sexual manner without the other person’s consent. It’s a rare type of paraphilia, and much research still needs to be done to understand it. According to the DSM-5, for a person to be diagnosed with frotteurist disorder, they must have experienced an intense and recurrent urge to rub their genitals against a non-consenting party to achieve sexual gratification for at least six months. They must also have acted upon this urge and experienced significant distress as a result.6
Sexual Sadism Disorder
Sexual sadism involves inflicting physical or psychological pain on another person to achieve sexual gratification. It’s important to distinguish between sexual sadism disorder, a paraphilic disorder, and sadistic sexual behavior, which is not. It’s normal for mild sadistic sexual behavior to occur between two adults who consent. With sexual sadism disorder, the sadistic sexual urges cause significant distress. The desires must have been present for at least six months for it to be classified as a disorder. Sexual sadism disorder can be dangerous as it’s often carried out on non-consenting parties.7
Exhibitionistic Disorder
People with an exhibitionistic disorder will expose their genitals to non-consenting people and experience sexual excitment. They may become distressed and unable to function properly due to their urges. On the other hand, exhibitionism which isn’t a paraphilic disorder, is simply the desire to expose your genitalia to a consenting party and become sexually excited afterward.8
Pedophilic Disorder
Pedophilia is sexual attraction to children. According to the DSM-5, a person with pedophilic disorder must have felt intense and recurrent sexual urges, behaviors, and fantasies toward prepubescent children for at least six months. A vital component of the condition is that it must bring significant distress or impairment to a person with it. It’s important to note that acting on sexual attraction to children is a crime.9
Sexual Masochism Disorder
Sexual masochism may be seen as the flip side of sexual sadism. With sexual masochism, being beaten, humiliated, or abused will bring sexual excitement and gratification. Asphyxiophilia, a desire to have your breathing restricted during sexual activity, is sometimes considered a subtype of sexual masochism.10
Voyeuristic Disorder
Voyeuristic disorder causes a person to have intense and recurrent urges to watch a non-consenting person engage in sexual activity. Voyeuristic disorder causes significant distress and can limit a person’s ability to function. Voyeuristc disorder is more common amongst men than women.11
Transvetstic Disorder
A person who is sexually aroused by cross-dressing may have transvestic disorder. For it to be regarded as a disorder, the urges or behaviors must have been recurrent, intense, and present for at least six months. While people who cross-dress are typically happy to and may not experience sexual arousal from doing so, a person with this disorder is experiencing significant distress and limited functioning.12
Paraphilic disorders are not limited to the above eight types. People’s sexual interests are broad and diverse, creating possibilities for many paraphilic conditions not recognized by the DSM-V to crop up.
-> my act doesn't recognise these "disorders" as mental disorders (which would help in justice, giving these people a sentence).
2e. The Following Disorders will completely be unrecognised
a. Paraphilic Disorders
b. Other Mental Disorders
