https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia
Pedophilia (alternatively spelled paedophilia) is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a sexual attraction to ...
https://www.britannica.com/topic/pedophilia
Nov 14, 2025 — Pedophilia, in conventional usage, a psychosexual disorder characterized by sexual interest in prepubescent children or attempts to engage ...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19327034/
by MC Seto · 2009 · Cited by 445 — Pedophilia is defined as a sexual interest in prepubescent children. It is empirically linked with sexual offending against children: Child p
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/pedophilia
Pedophilia is a mental disorder where an individual seeks sexual gratification from children. Spelled Paedophilia in British English.
https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/mental-health-disorders/paraphilias-and-paraphilic-disorders/pedophilic-disorder
Doctors diagnose pedophilia when people feel greatly distressed or become less able to function well because of their attraction to children or when they have ...
https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/profile/1225828
Pedophilia. "Pedophilia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors ...
https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/foc.7.4.foc522
by RCW Hall · 2009 · Cited by 502 — In this article, we address research that defines the various types and categories of pedophilia, review available federal data on child mol
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2007-14091-001
by MC Seto · 2008 · Cited by 13 — Pedophilia is not synonymous with sexual offending against children, though these concepts are often used interchangeably in public, political
https://www.msdmanuals.com/professional/psychiatric-disorders/paraphilias-and-paraphilic-disorders/pedophilic-disorder
Pedophilia is a form of paraphilia that causes harm to others and is thus considered a paraphilic disorder. Multiple studies suggest that there are both ...
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/195539
by PJ Fagan · 2002 · Cited by 210 — While pedophilia may be limited to fantasies and impulses, pedophilic behaviors are the primary concern of both the mental health and crimin
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10538712.2023.2236602
by S Swaminath · 2023 · Cited by 6 — Pedophilia. Roughly 61,000 cases of child sexual abuse (CSA) were reported in the USA in 2019 alone (U.S. Department of Health & Human Serv
https://www.healthdisgroup.us/articles/OJPCH-5-126.php
Jun 26, 2020 — Pedophilia is a form of paraphilia recognized and classified in the DSM-V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, V ed.) and other ...
https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/s0025-6196(11)61074-4/fulltext
by RCW Hall · 2007 · Cited by 502 — National concerns about pedophilia have grown because of recent high-profile child abuse and murder cases and congressional sex scandals. Re
https://eng.ox.ac.uk/media/5142/pam12.pdf
by M Rutgaizer · Cited by 26 — In this paper we analyze activity measurements in the BitTorrent network and examine child sex abuse activity through the Mininova web portal. We
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12435259/
by PJ Fagan · 2002 · Cited by 210 — This article addresses the risk factors associated with the psychiatric disorder pedophilia, its treatment, and treatment outcomes.
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/pedophilia-internet
by JM Deirmenjian · Cited by 45 — In analyzing cases of pedophiles' use of the Internet to exploit child victims, this paper discusses two models of pedophilia: a trust-based se
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedophilia
The meaning of PEDOPHILIA is sexual perversion in which children are the preferred sexual object; specifically : a psychiatric disorder in which an adult ...
https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/bioethics/article/view/5991
by M Reaves · 2016 · Cited by 7 — Many individuals who have these sexual preferences stay celibate their entire lives. While there may be no cure for pedophilia, there are new
https://www.tamuct.edu/?page_id=9325&preview_id=9325
Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Pharmacotherapy. Treatment Summary: Treatment for pedophilia usually focuses on decreasing inappropriate sexual urges and ...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01541928
by MA Ames · 1990 · Cited by 158 — Much of the research has accepted a legal definition of pedophilia, treating all offenders convicted of “child molestation” as pedophiles