In the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual to be published in 2013,compulsive or destructive sexual deviations will be renamed __________ disorders.

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Compulsive or destructive sexual deviations will be renamed as paraphilic disorders in the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual to be published in 2013. Paraphilia refers to intense and persistent sexual arousal to atypical stimuli, which may include non-human objects, humiliation, or suffering of oneself or others. The term "sexual deviation" is considered outdated and stigmatizing, whereas paraphilic disorder reflects a more neutral and medicalized approach to the diagnosis and treatment of such conditions.

In the New Diagnostic and Statistical Manual to Be Published