Exhibitionism

A disorder in which fantasies about or the act of exposing the genitals to an unsuspecting stranger produces sexual excitement with no attempt at further sexual activity with the stranger.

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Networked: 22 relevant articles (1 outcomes, 2 trials/studies)

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Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Pedophilia
2.	Paraphilias (Paraphilia)
3.	Voyeurism
4.	Transvestism (Transvestic Fetishism)
5.	Sadism (Sexual Sadism)

Experts

1.	Øien, Maria: 1 article (09/2011)
2.	Karterud, Sigmund: 1 article (09/2011)
3.	Pedersen, Geir: 1 article (09/2011)
4.	Berger, Ch: 1 article (04/2003)
5.	Meinck, H-M: 1 article (04/2003)
6.	Beier, K M: 1 article (04/2003)
7.	Mehrhoff, F W: 1 article (04/2003)
8.	Rösler, A: 1 article (01/2000)
9.	Witztum, E: 1 article (01/2000)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Exhibitionism:

1.	Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH)FDA Link 01/01/2000 - "Long-acting GnRH analogues, together with psychotherapy, are highly effective in controlling selected paraphilias (pedophilia, exhibitionism, and voyeurism), and are the most promising mode of therapy in the next millennium. " 05/01/1990 - "Effect of combined androgen blockade with an LHRH agonist and flutamide in one severe case of male exhibitionism." 05/01/1994 - "We treated a patient with Huntington's disease and exhibitionism using leuprolide acetate (Lupron Depot, TAP Pharmaceuticals), a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist. "
2.	Carbon MonoxideIBA 10/01/1998 - "Previous research has demonstrated that voyeurism, exhibitionism, and frotteurism are relatively likely to co-occur; however, their associations with rape are weaker. " 03/01/1996 - "This study evaluates the co-morbidity of alcoholism and the specific paraphilias including sexual sadism, fetishism, incest, pedophilia, exhibitionism and transvestism. "
3.	Haloperidol (Haldol)FDA LinkGeneric 07/01/1982 - "The major implications of this case are that 1) all patients with compulsive-type exhibitionism should be carefully questioned about symptoms of Tourette's syndrome and, if positive, be given a trial regimen of haloperidol; 2) some patients with compulsive exhibitionism and no symptoms of Tourette's syndrome have a genetic, neurochemical disorder and respond to haloperidol." 07/01/1982 - "A case of familial exhibitionism in Tourette's syndrome successfully treated with haloperidol."
4.	Clomipramine (Anafranil)FDA LinkGeneric 08/01/1993 - "Exhibitionism treated with clomipramine." 08/01/1993 - "Exhibitionism treated with clomipramine." 06/01/1992 - "Clomipramine and a case of exhibitionism."
5.	Dopamine Agonists (Dopamine Agonist)IBA 04/01/2003 - "The risk of aberrant sexual behaviour such as hypersexuality, exhibitionism, or pederasty may be underestimated in Parkinson's disease and its therapy with high-dosage L-dopa or dopamine agonists. "
6.	Paroxetine (Paxil)FDA LinkGeneric 02/01/1999 - "Compulsive voyeurism and exhibitionism: a clinical response to paroxetine."
7.	Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (Depo-Provera)FDA LinkGeneric 01/01/1981 - "A paraphiliac with syndrome of exhibitionism has received treatment with the anti-androgenic hormone, Depo-Provera, for three years and is maintained on 350 mg, intramuscularly each week. "
8.	Leuprolide (Lupron)FDA LinkGeneric 05/01/1994 - "Leuprolide acetate for exhibitionism in Huntington's disease." 05/01/1994 - "We treated a patient with Huntington's disease and exhibitionism using leuprolide acetate (Lupron Depot, TAP Pharmaceuticals), a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist. "
9.	Fluvoxamine (Luvox)FDA LinkGeneric 03/01/1994 - "Compulsive exhibitionism successfully treated with fluvoxamine: a controlled case study."
10.	Gonadal Steroid Hormones (Sex Hormones)IBA 01/01/1990 - "[The level of sex hormones in men with a sexual behavior disorder in the form of exhibitionism]."

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Hypnosis (Mesmerism) 01/08/1966 - " is concluded that with certain patients suffering from exhibitionism the use of hypnosis may well be one of the best methods of treatment, but considerable care should be exercised to exclude those patients with an underlying psychosis, mental defect or psychopathic condition. " 01/08/1966 - "The use of hypnosis in the treatment of exhibitionism is described in three patients in whom the condition had been present for more than five years. " 01/08/1966 - "The use of hypnosis in the treatment of exhibitionism."
2.	Contraception (Birth Control) 10/01/1994 - "In particular in this article are presented the ways of concubinage (marriage, concubinage, adultery), the incest, loves of the pharaohs and of the common people, the freedom of choice in garments, the status of the hetairas and of the whores, the sexual perversions (male and female homosexuality, necrophilia, sodomism, bestiality, rape, masturbation, exhibitionism), the operations of the genitals (circumcision, excision, castration) and finally the level of knowledge in gynaecology, fertility, contraception and obstetrics that even today demands our admiration."
3.	Male Circumcision (Circumcision) 10/01/1994 - "In particular in this article are presented the ways of concubinage (marriage, concubinage, adultery), the incest, loves of the pharaohs and of the common people, the freedom of choice in garments, the status of the hetairas and of the whores, the sexual perversions (male and female homosexuality, necrophilia, sodomism, bestiality, rape, masturbation, exhibitionism), the operations of the genitals (circumcision, excision, castration) and finally the level of knowledge in gynaecology, fertility, contraception and obstetrics that even today demands our admiration."
4.	Castration 10/01/1994 - "In particular in this article are presented the ways of concubinage (marriage, concubinage, adultery), the incest, loves of the pharaohs and of the common people, the freedom of choice in garments, the status of the hetairas and of the whores, the sexual perversions (male and female homosexuality, necrophilia, sodomism, bestiality, rape, masturbation, exhibitionism), the operations of the genitals (circumcision, excision, castration) and finally the level of knowledge in gynaecology, fertility, contraception and obstetrics that even today demands our admiration."