Out of every 10 patients he sees, one is diagnosed as a pervert, says a psychiatrist.
Most of the time, patients suffering from perversion do not dare to seek medical help until they are caught by the law or their condition is discovered by a family member, reported Shin Min Daily News.
Dr Tan Chue Tin, consultant psychiatrist at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, said that 10 per cent of his patients were afflicted with perversion. Of these, 70 per cent were male.
He said: "I believe this number is actually higher as majority of people suffering from perversion do not seek medical help."
Perversion is not a rare condition in Singapore.
Psychiatrists point out that people suffering from perversion usually come from dysfunctional families and symptoms vary between males and females.
Male perverts are typically introverts who lack confidence. Because they fear interaction with the opposite sex, they usually resort to using women's undergarments to stimulate themselves.
Another form of perversion they indulge in is voyeurism, the act of spying on people engaged in intimate behaviour.
Psychiatrist Dr Yeo Seem Huat said he knew of a local manager who had both his marriages ruined because he enjoyed watching his wives having sex with other men.
Female perverts are usually sex addicts.
He said: "Such women sleep around and have a lot of partners, putting them at a very high risk of sexually transmitted diseases."
Last week, Chong Weien, 28, was put on trial for outraging the modesty of a female undergraduate. He was jailed 15 months and given three strokes of the cane.
Chong is now appealing the sentence, claiming that he suffers from spontaneous ejaculation, a condition where he ejaculates without physical stimulation. He also claims that it is a psychological condition.
However, many psychiatrists have expressed that they have not come across such a condition. Most of the time, men who ejaculate without being touched do so through nocturnal emissions or 'wet dreams'.
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