Conference Speakers Lobby American Psychiatric Association to Change Language on Pedophilia (1120 hits)
by Karla Dial, contributing editor to Citizen magazine
A symposium taking place in Baltimore today aims to help pedophiles write their own definition of the term for the next version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), set for publication in 2013. One suggestion: “minor-attracted persons.”
The DSM — the American Psychiatric Association’s blue book of mental disorders — is on its fourth version. To date, revisions have included changes to language regarding sadomasochism, exhibitionism and homos*xuality.
