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Kinks, Fetishes and Mental Health
When a kink or fetish counts as a disorder and when it does not: the DSM-5-TR and ICD-11 criteria, what changed, and where consent draws the line.
3 articlesUpdated 27 Sep 2026RSS
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Is a fetish a mental disorder? What the DSM keeps and the ICD dropped
Is a fetish a mental disorder? Not by itself: the DSM-5-TR requires distress or impairment, and the ICD-11 dropped fetishism in 2022.
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Voyeurism: when watching is a kink and when it is a crime
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Is my kink normal? One answer from the surveys, another from the manuals
Is my kink normal? By the surveys, yes for nearly everyone: two fantasies of 55 are rare. By the DSM-5-TR and ICD-11, a disorder needs distress or harm.