Masochism
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Is feminine masochism a concept worth reviving?

30 Jul 2009 In this paper the author explores situations when a patient seems to regress masochistically from a progressive development. She is concerned with moments when the patient's struggle towards oedipal relating may be easily confused with a situation ... Read more...

Accidental death due to complete autoerotic asphyxia associated with transvestic fetishism and anal self-stimulation - case report.

30 May 2009 A case is reported of a 36-year-old male, found dead in his locked room, lying on a bed, dressed in his mother's clothes, with a plastic bag over his head, hands tied and with a barrel wooden cork in his rectum. Two pornographic magazines were found ... Read more...

What the story is about: Carver, Lish, and the editorial process.

30 Mar 2009 A close reading of Raymond Carver's stories, interviews, essays, and letters explores aspects of his relationships with his father, his teacher John Gardner, and in particular his influential editor, Gordon Lish, as they relate to his writing and to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Masochism'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The piano teacher: a case study in perversion and sadomasochism. 29 Sep 2009
• Is feminine masochism a concept worth reviving? 30 Jul 2009
• Accidental death due to complete autoerotic asphyxia associated with transvestic fetishism and anal self-stimulation - case report. 30 May 2009
• Alfred Kubin, 1877-1959. 29 Apr 2009
• What the story is about: Carver, Lish, and the editorial process. 30 Mar 2009
• Giving until it hurts?: Altruistic donation of solid organs. 30 Dec 2008
• Rethinking gendered perversion and degeneration in visions of sadism and masochism, 1886-1930. 30 Dec 2008
• A case of sadomasochistic transference: the analyst's contributions to perverse enactments. 29 Sep 2008
• Sadism, sadomasochism, sex, and violence. 29 Sep 2008
• Emotional state and dreams in pregnant women. 13 Aug 2008
• Demographic and psychosocial features of participants in bondage and discipline, "sadomasochism" or dominance and submission (BDSM): data from a national survey. 29 Jun 2008
• A passion for castration: characterizing men who are fascinated with castration, but have not been castrated. 29 Jun 2008
• Hormonal changes and couple bonding in consensual sadomasochistic activity. 17 Jun 2008
• Sexuality of male-to-female transsexuals. 24 Feb 2008
• Beyond the dualism of psyche and soma. 30 Dec 2007
• Psychotherapists' experience with clients who engage in consensual sadomasochism: a qualitative study. 30 Dec 2007
• Vicious circles of punishment: a reading of Melanie Klein's Envy and gratitude. 30 Dec 2007
• Sexuality, power, and love in Cavani's "The Night Porter": psychological trauma and beyond. 29 Nov 2007
• The intersubjective links in perversion. 29 Sep 2007
• The paedophile and his inner world: theoretical and clinical considerations on the analysis of a patient. 30 Jan 2007

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Technical information about 'Masochism'

Definition: Pleasure derived from being physically or psychologically abused, whether inflicted by oneself or by others. Masochism includes sexual masochism.

Descriptor UI: D008398

Alternative terms: Masochism; Masochisms; Sexual Masochism; Masochism, Sexual; Masochisms, Sexual; Sexual Masochisms;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.800.800.600.500;