Review of cases, case series and prevalence studies of zoophilia in the general population

Adalberto Campo-Arias; Edwin Herazo; Guillermo A Ceballos-Ospino

doi:10.1016/j.rcp.2019.03.003

Review of cases, case series and prevalence studies of zoophilia in the general population

Rev Colomb Psiquiatr (Engl Ed). 2021 Jan-Mar;50(1):34-38. doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2019.03.003. Epub 2019 Apr 20.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Adalberto Campo-Arias¹, Edwin Herazo², Guillermo A Ceballos-Ospino³

Affiliations

¹ Programa de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia. Electronic address: acampoa@unimagdalena.edu.co.
² Director, Instituto de Investigación del Comportamiento Humano, Bogotá, Colombia.
³ Programa de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia.

PMID: 33648694
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcp.2019.03.003

Abstract

Background: Information about the frequency of zoophilic behaviour in the general population is scarce.

Objective: To review cases, case series and prevalence studies of zoophilia in adults in the general population.

Methods: A review of publications was carried out in MEDLINE via PubMed, Scopus and the Biblioteca Virtual en Salud [Virtual Health Library] ranging from January 2000 to December 2017.

Results: Thirteen papers were reviewed (ten case reports, two case series and one cross-sectional study). Twelve patients were described, the case series totalled 1,556 people and the cross-sectional study included 1,015 participants and reported a prevalence of zoophilic behaviour of 2%.

Conclusions: Information on the prevalence of zoophilic behaviour in the general population is limited. The Internet will probably be a valuable tool for further investigating these behaviours in coming years.

Keywords: Comportamiento sexual; Paraphilic disorders; Review; Revisión; Sexual behaviour; Trastornos parafílicos.

Publication types

Review