Scientific Letter: Zoophilic recidivism in schizophrenia: a case report

Amoo, G; Abayomio, O; Aa, Olashore

doi:10.4314/ajpsy.v15i4.28

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“…For example, the mean age of men ( N = 113) examined by Beetz (2002, as cited in Beetz 2005a ) was 30, and in the research of Miletski (2002, 2005b, as cited in Miletski, 2006 ), the men ( n = 82) were 38 and the women ( n = 11) were 36 years old on average. Previous case study reports have described, for example, 28- ( Amoo et al, 2012 ), 34- ( Bhatia et al, 2005 ), and 47- ( Earls & Lalumiere, 2009 ) year-old men. DF experienced his first oral-genital stimulation from a dog very early – in late childhood, at age of 8.…”

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“… Bhatia et al (2005) , in their case study of 34-year-old men, identified schizophrenia as a factor that exacerbates bestial behaviors. Amoo et al (2012) connected the sexual activity with animals undertaken by a 34-year-old man with episodes of depression. DF presented depressive symptoms which (along with the stress caused by the exposure of his paraphilia) led him to attempt suicide, but in his case, the sexual abuse of animals seems to be connected mainly with sexual disinhibition and compulsiveness, and not with depressive mood.…”

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Development of zoophilic interests and behaviors in the example of an adolescent male

Szymańska-Pytlińska¹,

Beisert²,

Słopień³

2020

Current Issues in Personality Psychology

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In the research literature the phenomenon of bestiality is considered as a form of animal abuse or as an expression of love and affection toward animals or even as another sexual orientation. participants and procedureThe article elucidates the mechanisms of development and maintenance of paraphilia in an 18-year-old single male. Psychological evaluation was conducted with both clinical and psychometric measures. The patient's course of psychosexual development is characterized by two perspectives -his own and that of his mother. resultsAt the time of the assessment, the subject's primary sexual outlet was masturbation and zoophilic sexual contact with sheep. The deviation developed over ten years prior to the exposure of the patient's zoophilic interests. The diagnostic process indicated that the subject suffers from significant psychopathology. Following the assessment, the patient was diagnosed with another disorder of sexual preference (F65.8) based on the ICD-10 criteria. The mechanisms of development and maintenance of his paraphilia are discussed with regard to other research. conclusionsPatients who have sex with animals, or who fantasize about doing so, often struggle with negative reactions from their therapists (including a lack of knowledge, laughter, and pressure) when they decide to disclose their experiences. The article may be useful to clinicians who encounter this problem in their practice as an example of the functional capturing of this phenomenon.

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confidence: 99%

Development of zoophilic interests and behaviors in the example of an adolescent male

Szymańska-Pytlińska¹,

Beisert²,

Słopień³

2020

Current Issues in Personality Psychology

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“…Lastly, Amoo and associates have described a case of a twenty year old man affected with schizophrenia with premorbid zoophilic orientation and antisocial personality traits, who had due to the symptoms of endogenic psychotic process recurred zoophilic behaviour. Like in our patient, there were reports of paranoid interpretation of reality and remote affect [19].…”

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Zoophilia as an Early Sign of Psychosis

Lesandrić¹,

Orlović

Peitl

et al. 2017

Alcoholism and Psychiatry Research

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-Zoophilia is a disorder of sexual preference that is characterised by sexual fantasies or behaviours that include animals. Zoophilia is more common in comorbidity with other paraphilias. When reviewing scholarly publications, a small number of articles has been found that connect zoophilia, and other psychiatric disorders, and they are shown here. Out of the seventeen known to us isolated cases of patients with zoophilia in comorbity with other psychiatric disorders, nine are noted with zoophilia and psychosis. Precisely in those patients, and also in the case of our patient that we described here, we can speak of zoophilic behaviour as one of the signs of psychosis, although keeping in mind the small sample and the unreliability of data, it is hard to state that zoophilia is an early, or any other sign of psychosis. Considering that in our case zoophilia presented as an early sign of the psychotic process, it is for us to conclude how during noticing of such sexually deviant behaviour it is important to pay attention to all the other psychopathology as to get an insight into the possible start or exacerbation of the psychotic process in order for the treatment to be more directional.

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“…Lesandric, Orlovic, Peitl, and Karlovic () wrote about a case of zoophilia in a young man who had sex with a cow in his early teens, persistent zoophilic fantasies throughout his teen years, then another episode of intercourse with a cow in his early 20s, before ultimately decompensating into psychosis. Amoo, Abayomio, and Olashore () similarly reported a case of a man with schizophrenia who engaged in repeated acts of bestiality with goats when psychotic. There is insufficient evidence to conclude that there is a link between bestiality and nonparaphilic psychiatric disorders.…”

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Bestiality: An introduction for legal and mental health professionals

Holoyda

Sorrentino

Friedman

et al. 2018

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Bestiality, or human-animal intercourse, has been a concern of the legal and mental health communities for many years.Ancient legal codes delineated punishments for those who engaged in the behavior, denoting a moral and general societal concern surrounding bestiality dating to ancient times. Despite this longstanding interest in and legal efforts to punish humans for having sex with animals, there has been little research on the behavior. Current available research has largely been siloed based on the populations studied, making it difficult to render any firm conclusions about bestiality's prevalence, frequency, and the risk posed by those who have sex with animals. It is important for clinicians to know the legal status of the behavior in their jurisdictions, to understand possible medical and psychiatric complications and comorbidities, and to know how to evaluate and treat individuals who engage in bestiality or have the related diagnosis of zoophilic disorder. This article provides an overview of the terminology and research pertaining to bestiality, summarizes legal and ethical considerations, and describes clinically relevant information for the evaluation and management of individuals engaged in sex with animals.

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Scientific Letter: Zoophilic recidivism in schizophrenia: a case report

Cited by 7 publications

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Development of zoophilic interests and behaviors in the example of an adolescent male

Development of zoophilic interests and behaviors in the example of an adolescent male

Zoophilia as an Early Sign of Psychosis

Bestiality: An introduction for legal and mental health professionals

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