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Pedophilia and the American Psychiatric Association: Mental Illness vs. Aberration
... The APA said that the discussion about diagnostic criterion for pedophilic disorder contained an error; it should have read, “sexual interest,” instead of “sexual orientation.” ...
The APA classifies pedophilia as a type of paraphilia, or an atypical sexual interest. In its notes about changes in the definitions of paraphilia, the APA clearly states that most people with atypical sexual interests do not have a mental disorder. ...
The APA’s notes explain that they did not change the definition of pedophilia in its new edition of the DSM; instead it only changed the name of the disorder from “pedophilia” to “pedophilic disorder.” ...
in order to be diagnosed with Pedophilic Disorder, people must not only have thoughts of attraction to children, they must act on the attraction as well.
A Comment of PhD Frans Gieles is added to this article by Ipce.
... The APA said that the discussion about diagnostic criterion for pedophilic disorder contained an error; it should have read, “sexual interest,” instead of “sexual orientation.” ...
The APA classifies pedophilia as a type of paraphilia, or an atypical sexual interest. In its notes about changes in the definitions of paraphilia, the APA clearly states that most people with atypical sexual interests do not have a mental disorder. ...
The APA’s notes explain that they did not change the definition of pedophilia in its new edition of the DSM; instead it only changed the name of the disorder from “pedophilia” to “pedophilic disorder.” ...
in order to be diagnosed with Pedophilic Disorder, people must not only have thoughts of attraction to children, they must act on the attraction as well.
A Comment of PhD Frans Gieles is added to this article by Ipce.