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Which Statement Represents the Current Consensus in the Medical and Psychiatric

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Which statement represents the current consensus in the medical and psychiatric community regarding sexual behavior and mental illness?


A) Most variations in sexual behavior are not mental disorders but are simply alternate expressions of sexuality.
B) Forms of sexual expression can be termed "paraphilic disorders" if they are practiced only by an extreme minority.
C) Any behavior that involves the infliction of physical pain is a paraphilic disorder.
D) A paraphilia rises to the level of disorder when actual physical contact occurs between individuals.
E) A sexual behavior is classified as a mental disorder only if the individual performing it is not distressed by his or her unusual sexual behavior.

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