There is a book that all psychologist go by to determine how severe a mental illness is. These codes that they use come from a book called the DSM-IV, which means Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders- Fourth Edition. This book covers disorders from Personality, Sexuality, Eating, Impulse-Control, Anxiety, and the list goes on. This book is used on both children and adults. In the DSM-IV, Pedaphilia is listed as a mental illness. According to DSM-IV online it is listed as:
Psychiatric Disorders
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Pedophilia
Category
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Paraphilias and Sexual Disorders
Etiology
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A large percentage of individuals with this disorder were sexually abused as children, although the vast majority of adults who were abused do not develop pedophilia or pedophilic behaviors. There is also those who argue pedophilia results from feelings of inadequacy with same age peers, and therefore a transfer of sexual urges to children.
Symptoms
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This disorder is characterized by either intense sexually arousing fantasies, urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child (typically age 13 or younger). To be considered for this diagnosis, the individual must be at least 16 years old and at least 5 years older than the child.
Treatment
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Treatment typically involves intensive psychotherapy to work on deep rooted issues concerning sexuality, feelings of self, and often childhood abuse. Medical treatments such as ‘chemical castration’ (which is actually a hormone medication which reduces testosterone and therefore sexual urges) have been investigated with very mixed results.
Prognosis
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Prognosis varies, although it is typically good if the individual has insight into his behaviors and his own childhood issues. Combined with an antisocial personality (which is usually what is seen on the news or in movies), however, treatment prognosis declines, sometimes significantly.
http://allpsych.com/disorders/paraphilias/pedophilia.htmlWell, it absolutely shocked me to hear that in 2013 the DSM-IV was to remove Pedophilia from their book, which means that it no longer makes this as a mental illness. Regardless of them removing this from the DSM-IV, it is still a mental illness of someone messing with a child under the age of 18 years.
The Pedophilia Debate Continues--And DSM Is Changed Again
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Attempts to Normalize & Decriminalize Pedophilia
Its already happening in some countries
overseas
Breaking news - Pedophile scandal in Lithuania
These are some sick individuals, and as I said to people when I first heard this was, "These people have been doing this uncover, now they just want to make a law to make it legal." I'm not just talking about your average "Joe" out here but you have some uncover politicians, judges, entertainment persons as well.
I was made aware of this subject first through an article a friend sent me on this being legal in Denmark, and then I heard it again through a lecture by Dr. Umar Johnson, who is a Psychologist informing parents about how the public schools get paid to label children ADHD when there is really nothing wrong with them. Now, to hear from a Psychologist that they are about to make Pedophilia legal by taking it out of the DSM-IV is something you should sit up and pay attention to, along with the fact of what is happening to our children in public school.
Watch your children people.
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