APA to correct manual: Pedophilia is not a 'sexual orientation'
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Pedophilia is not a "sexual orientation," and erroneous use of that phrase will be corrected soon in its new manual on mental illnesses, the American Psychiatric Association said Thursday.
The APA's statement came in response to media inquiries, including from The Washington Times, about an uproar on the Internet that the APA had designated pedophilia as a sexual orientation in its new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as DSM-5 or DSM-V.
source: Article < APA to correct manual: Pedophilia is not a 'sexual orientation' > by Cheryl Wetzstein; www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/31/apa-correct-manual-clarification-pedophilia-not-se/; Washington Times; 31 October 2013