Hebephilia: A Postmortem Dissection.

摘要: In 2008, the concept of hebephilia, which denotes an erotic preference for “pubescent children,” was suggested by Blanchard and his team inclusion in DSM-5 (Blanchard et al., 2009). Four years later, APA’s Board Trustees opted status quo rejected that proposal. This essay sheds light on reason this rejection. I consider three important questions related to hebephilia: Does hebephilia exist? Is it a disease? And what would have been social consequences including DSM? argue if failed convince others should be included DSM-5, is not because he focused too much first question unable offer convincing answer second one, but made mistake dismissing third one as extraneous. The DSM intended pure research manual, category like cannot evaluated without taking into account its potential forensic impact. part or whole, decision include new diagnostic is, always be, political decision.