Pedophilia - Classification
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Pedophilia, hebephilia, and the DSM-V.

5 Aug 2008 The term pedophilia denotes the erotic preference for prepubescent children. The term hebephilia has been proposed to denote the erotic preference for pubescent children (roughly, ages 11 or 12-14), but it has not become widely used. The present ... Read more...

Development of a psychometric typology of child molesters: implications for treatment.

5 Apr 2008 Cluster analysis of psychometric data measuring offense-specific and socioadequacy problems from a sample of 437 untreated child molesters was carried out. This analysis identified three clusters: Cluster 1 contained men who reported low levels of ... Read more...

The utility of the diagnosis of pedophilia: a comparison of various classification procedures.

19 Dec 2006 This study examined the utility of the diagnosis of pedophilia in a sample of extra-familial child molesters assessed at a university teaching hospital between 1982 and 1992. Pedophilia was defined in one of four ways: (1) DSM diagnosis made by a ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pedophilia - Classification'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Are there "hebephiles" among us? A response to Blanchard et al. (2008). 30 May 2009
• Hebephilia plethysmographica: a partial rejoinder to Blanchard et al. (2008). 30 May 2009
• When is an unusual sexual interest a mental disorder? 30 May 2009
• Adult sexual attraction to early-stage adolescents: phallometry doesn't equal pathology. 30 May 2009
• Should hebephilia be a mental disorder? A reply to Blanchard et al. (2008). 30 May 2009
• The public policy implications of "hebephilia": a response to Blanchard et al. (2008). 30 May 2009
• Manufacturing mental disorder by pathologizing erotic age orientation: a comment on Blanchard et al. (2008). 30 May 2009
• Issues for DSM-V: unintended consequences of small changes: the case of paraphilias. 29 Sep 2008
• Pedophilia, hebephilia, and the DSM-V. 5 Aug 2008
• Development of a psychometric typology of child molesters: implications for treatment. 5 Apr 2008
• The utility of the diagnosis of pedophilia: a comparison of various classification procedures. 19 Dec 2006
• Internet offenders: traders, travelers, and combination trader-travelers. 29 Jun 2005
• Pedophilia and sexual offenses against children. 30 Dec 2003
• Re: Sexual recidivism in sex offenders. 30 Jan 1999
• A cognitive approach to validation of the fixated-regressed typology of child molesters. 30 May 1997
• The challenge project: perpetrators of child sexual abuse in south east London. 30 Oct 1996
• Are pedophiles with aggressive tendencies more sexually violent? 30 Dec 1995
• Infantophilia--a new subcategory of pedophilia?: a preliminary study. 30 Dec 1994
• An anthropometric study of pedophiles and rapists. 29 Jun 1993
• [Pedophilia and perversions] 30 Oct 1992

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Technical information about 'Pedophilia'

Definition: A sexual disorder occurring in a person 16 years or older and that is recurrent with intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child (generally age 13 or younger). (from APA, DSM-IV, 1994).

Descriptor UI: D010378

Alternative terms: Pedophilia; Pedophilias;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.800.800.600.600;

Online Note: search PARAPHILIAS 1969-74

History Note: 91(75); was see under PARAPHILIAS 1981-90; was see under SEX DEVIATION 1969-80