PSYCHOPATHIA SEXUALIS
The Genesis of a Concept: Richard Krafft-Ebing and the 1886 Publication The term Psychopathia Sexualis refers specifically to the conceptual framework developed by the Austrian psychiatrist and forensic expert, Richard Krafft-Ebing (1840–1902), utilized to categorize and explain various forms of sexual deviation. The phrase, translating roughly to ‘diseases of the sexual mind,’ quickly became synonymous […]