mental health disorders
Exhibitionistic Disorder
Diagnosis of Exhibitionistic Disorder
A doctor's evaluation, based on standard psychiatric diagnostic criteria Doctors diagnose exhibitionistic disorder when People have been repeatedly and intensely aroused by exposing their genitals or being observed by other people during sexual activity, and the arousal has been expressed in fantasies, intense urges, or behaviors. As a result, people feel greatly distressed or become less able to function well (at work, in their family, or in interactions with friends), or they have acted on their urges with a person who does not consent. They have had the condition for 6 months or more. In diagnosing exhibitionistic disorder, the doctor also specifies whether the person is sexually aroused by exposing his or her genitals to prepubescent children, or physically mature individuals, or both. 