A client has been admitted to the inpatient psychiatric facility as part of a court-ordered program. The client was arrested numerous times over the past several months for exposing his genitals and masturbating in public in front of an elementary school
The nurse interprets this behavior as reflecting which of the following?
A) Frotteurism
B) Exhibitionism
C) Sexual masochism
D) Voyeurism
Ans: B
With exhibitionism, the behavior involves exposing one's genitals to strangers, with occasional masturbation. Frotteurism involves sexually arousing urges, fantasies, and behaviors that occur when touching or rubbing one's genitals against the breasts, genitals, or thighs of a nonconsenting person. Sexual masochism involves the act of being humiliated, beaten, bound, or made to suffer. Voyeurism behavior involves "peeping" at unsuspecting people who are nude, undressing, or engaged in sexual activity for the purpose of sexual excitement.
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