Introduction:

Paraphilic disorder are non tradicional sexual behaviors like the sexual activity with the boys/girls, to exhibit the genital to an unaware person or others.

Objective:

To systematize the theoretical bases that sustain the clinical characterization and the treatment of the paraphilic disorder in the world and in Cuba.

Methods:

The bibliographical search was made in the electronic databases ClinicalKey and PubMed, Cuban investigations were used.

Results:

Paraphilia is any intense and persistent sexual interest that is not the interest in the genital stimulation or preparatory caresses with a human normal, mature physically, with consenting persons; they are paraphilics disorders when the paraphilia causes distress or deterioration in the social, labor or others. Excellent clinical characteristics: they prevail in the masculine sex, cognitive distortions exist, comorbidities among different types of paraphilics disorders, dysfunctions for use of substances and disorders personality. The pharmacological treatment embraces the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, in Cuba the Sertraline is used (100-200 mg/day); analogues of the hormone Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonists and antiandrogens used in the country Androcur (50-100 mg/day). Technical of cognitive and behavioral psychotherapy: covered sensitization, empathy development toward the victims and cognitive restructuring.

Conclusions:

Clinically it is indispensable to differentiate the paraphilia of the paraphilics disorders, considered mental illnesses, with generally chronic course and generally comorbid psychiatric. In Cuba, for their treatment it is used the Sertraline or Androcur and technical of cognitive and behavioral psychotherapy.

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