• DOI:10.1097/00131746-200209000-00004
Corpus ID: 22782583

Clinical Features of Pedophilia and Implications for Treatment

@article{Cohen2002ClinicalFO,
  title={Clinical Features of Pedophilia and Implications for Treatment},
  author={L. Cohen and I. Galynker},
  journal={Journal of Psychiatric Practice},
  year={2002},
  volume={8},
  pages={276-289}
}

• L. Cohen, I. Galynker
• Published 2002
• Psychology, Medicine
• Journal of Psychiatric Practice

The authors discuss the diagnostic criteria for pedophilia and review the literature on its clinical features, including data on prevalence, gender, age of onset, number of victims, frequency and type of acts, violence, impulsivity, and insight. Findings concerning the characteristics of victims (e.g., sex, age, relationship to the pedophile) and research on pedophilic subtypes—exclusive versus nonexclusive; incestuous versus nonincestuous; heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual—are reviewed… Expand