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Pedophilia is classified as a psychiatric disorder rather than a sexual orientation

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Pedophilia is formally recognized and classified as a paraphilic mental disorder in psychiatric manuals like the DSM-5 and ICD-11, rather than being considered a normal variation of sexual orientation.

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Major psychiatric classification manuals (DSM-5 and ICD-11) explicitly categorize pedophilia (as a paraphilic disorder) under mental disorders, whereas normative sexual orientations have been depathologized and removed from disorder classifications. The retrieved papers discuss the diagnostic criteria of paraphilic disorders and the historical separation of sexual orientation from psychiatric pathology.

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Disorders related to sexuality and gender identity in the ICD-11: revising the ICD-10 classification based on current scientific evidence, best clinical practices, and human rights considerations.
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Reed GM, Drescher J, Krueger RB, Atalla E, Cochran SD, First MB, Cohen-Kettenis PT, Arango-de Montis I, Parish SJ, Cottler S, Briken P, Saxena S. Disorders related to sexuality and gender identity in the ICD-11: revising the ICD-10 classification based on current scientific evidence, best clinical practices, and human rights considerations.. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20354

Paper 0 notes that ICD-10 categories related to sexual orientation were recommended for deletion, while paraphilic conditions like pedophilia are classified under mental and behavioral disorders or paraphilic disorders.

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Proposals for Paraphilic Disorders in the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11).
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Krueger RB, Reed GM, First MB, Marais A, Kismodi E, Briken P. Proposals for Paraphilic Disorders in the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11).. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-017-0944-2

Paper 7 discusses paraphilic disorders (which include pedophilia) within psychiatric/medical classification systems like the ICD-11 and DSM-5, contrasting them with normal sexual preferences and orientations.

Depathologizing Sexual Orientation and Transgender Identities in Psychiatric Classifications
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Rebeca Robles, Tania Real, G. Reed. Depathologizing Sexual Orientation and Transgender Identities in Psychiatric Classifications. 2021. https://doi.org/10.17816/CP61

Paper 10 reviews the depathologization of normal sexual orientations (such as homosexuality) in psychiatric manuals while retaining clinical classifications for specific paraphilias and disorders.

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first checked01 Aug 2026
judged → SUPPORTED · 8901 Aug 2026
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