Affiliations 

  • 1 Clinical Associate Professor Dr. Hatta Sidi. Department of Psychiatry, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Jalan Yaakob Latif, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia E-mail: hattasidi@hotmail.com
  • 2 Department of Psychiatry, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Jalan Yaakob Latif, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Abstract

The compulsive behaviour of observing an unsuspecting person undressing or being naked in voyeurism may be related to Obsessive-Compulsive spectrum disorder. The aim of this paper is to report a case that reiterates a unique psychopathology of a Malaysian male voyeur with an obsession on female body parts. This 35 year-old voyeur man who attended psychiatric outpatient clinic in an academic medical centre presented to a psychiatrist for taking photos of his sisters' naked bodies and collected nails and hairs from their body, coded them with intend for masturbation. His voyeuristic thoughts and urges which came repeatedly and intrusively, involving attempts to resist them and was associated with an inner tension for the urges to be fulfilled. He responded both to Paroxetine and behaviour therapy. The possibility that voyeurism, a paraphilia can manifest itself as a subtype of OCD is discussed. Keywords: Malaysian voyeur, obsession-compulsive spectrum disorder, body parts