Pedophilia Disorder
Jaqueline Mendoza
Psych 201 Mrs. Rayes
I. Introduction:
Pedophilia is described as a person or usually an adult that has urges of sexual fantasies and attraction to children under the ages of 14 or less. More or so an attraction that someone has in which they seem to have no control or having trouble managing their feelings to avoid them acting it out.
Thesis Statement: Furthermore, Pedophilia has its debates on its existence of being a disorder since most of it is an attraction an individual has of young children
II. The ways in which the DSM-5 recognizes Pedophilia
A. Signs or Actions that conclude some has pedophilia 1. According to the DSM-5, some signs are exclusive to children only or non-exclusive to attraction
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As well as the person being adulterous
III. Associated Disorders:
B. How the associated disorders may relate back to pedophilia: The common types of disorders of pedophilia are mood, dysthymic disorders, and depression 1. Example (Mental Disorder 1): The most common correlated disorder is anxiety disorders. 2. Moreover, psychotic substance abuse and drugs used. 3. Also, hyperactivity disorder which is ADHD affiliated with both sexual and nonsexual analysis.
IV. The amount of correlation of other disorders with Pedophilia:
C. Mental disorders in which they have major associations. (Disorder data to show its relation to each other) 1. Example 1: symptoms and actions similar to pedophilia 2. Example 2: (same context as Ex 1) 3. Example 3: and so on V. Conclusion
To conclude, Pedophilia has been classified as a disorder in which is described as an inappropriate attraction that is most often developed towards children who are often referred as innocent and pure. An observation that can be made is that having free time, difficulty in coping with problems, and other disorders like depression and anxiety can have an impact on the way they think or act upon children.
VI. References
1. DSM-5