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.
Evidence for · 3
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 · cited by 178
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).
2017 · cited by 46
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
2021 · cited by 16
Paper 10 reviews the depathologization of normal sexual orientations (such as homosexuality) in psychiatric manuals while retaining clinical classifications for specific paraphilias and disorders.