TY - JOUR
T1 - Escalation of a fetish
T2 - Coprophagia in a nonpsychotic adult of normal intelligence
AU - Wise, Thomas N.
AU - Goldberg, Richard L.
PY - 1995/1/1
Y1 - 1995/1/1
N2 - A 47-year-old man is described whose fetish of fecal smearing, coprophilia, escalated to coprophagia in a setting of depression and alcohol abuse. The case is the first described in a nonpsychotic adult of normal intelligence. Treatment focused upon the depression and substance abuse as well as on the psychodynamic issues that fostered his despair and allowed the fetish to evolve into coprophagia.
AB - A 47-year-old man is described whose fetish of fecal smearing, coprophilia, escalated to coprophagia in a setting of depression and alcohol abuse. The case is the first described in a nonpsychotic adult of normal intelligence. Treatment focused upon the depression and substance abuse as well as on the psychodynamic issues that fostered his despair and allowed the fetish to evolve into coprophagia.
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U2 - 10.1080/00926239508414647
DO - 10.1080/00926239508414647
M3 - Article
C2 - 8789509
AN - SCOPUS:0029590293
SN - 0092-623X
VL - 21
SP - 272
EP - 275
JO - Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy
JF - Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy
IS - 4
ER -