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The previous version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and its criteria for diagnosing pedophilia.
DSM-5 distinguishes having an atypical sexual interest (paraphilia) from having a mental disorder; under DSM-5 an adult who is sexually attracted to prepubescent children does not automatically meet c...
The ethical debate over adding —an adult erotic preference for pubescent adolescents—to psychiatric manuals centers on two competing imperatives: accurate, evidence-based diagnosis that aids treatment...
No — the does not say that pedophilia (the sexual interest in prepubescent children) is automatically, in every instance, a mental disorder; the manual distinguishes between an atypical sexual interes...