mental health disorders
Pedophilic Disorder
Diagnosis of Pedophilic Disorder
A doctor's evaluation, based on standard psychiatric diagnostic criteria Doctors diagnose pedophilia when People have had repeated, intense sexually arousing fantasies, urges, or behaviors involving a child or children (usually aged 13 years or under). People feel greatly distressed or become less able to function well (at work, in their family, or in interactions with friends), or they have acted on their urges. People are aged 16 years old or older and are 5 or more years older than the child who is the object of the fantasies or behaviors. (An exception is an older adolescent who has an ongoing relationship with a 12- or 13-year-old.) They have had the condition for 6 months or more. 