Is pedophilia a disorder?
Is pedophilia a disorder?
The answer is yes. In the diagnostic manuals (DSM-5-TR and ICD-11), pedophilia appears as a paraphilic disorder when there is a persistent pattern of sexual arousal in prepubescent children, associated with acting on impulses or clinically significant distress/impairment.
👉 But here's the key point: disorder ≠ crime.
Child sexual abuse is always a crime.
The clinical diagnosis describes the arousal pattern and serves for risk management, prevention, and treatment.
In the video, I explain with clear scientific basis:
✔️ Where pedophilia fits into the manuals,
✔️ How it differs from a crime,
✔️ What are the clinical criteria and management objectives.
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References
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION. DSM-5-TR: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – Revised Text. 5th rev. ed. Porto Alegre: Artmed, 2023.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD-11): Paraphilic Disorders. Geneva: WHO, 2019/2022.