Psychiatry and Psychology

Pedophilia

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).

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Abstract

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).

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Pederasty
  • Pederasties
  • Pedophilias

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Aspects Covered

31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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History Note

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

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  1. F03w.657w.600w

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NLM Classification

WM 610

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pedophilia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010378. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010378
  2. Pedophilia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia
  3. Pedophilia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8388