Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

A Brief History of Field Trials of the DSM Diagnostic Criteria for Paraphilias

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Archives of Sexual Behavior Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Notes

  1. The proposed diagnostic criteria and the rationales for the various changes from the DSM-IV-TR criteria are posted on the American Psychiatric Association’s official Website for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, www.dsm5.org.

References

  • American Psychiatric Association. (1980). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

    Google Scholar 

  • American Psychiatric Association. (1987). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (3rd ed., rev.). Washington, DC: Author.

  • Blanchard, R. (2009). Reply to letters regarding Pedophilia, Hebephilia, and the DSM-V [Letter to the Editor]. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 38, 331–334.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Blanchard, R. (2010a). The DSM diagnostic criteria for Transvestic Fetishism. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 39, 363–372.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Blanchard, R. (2010b). The fertility of hebephiles and the adaptationist argument against including hebephilia in DSM-5 [Letter to the Editor]. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 39, 817–818.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Blanchard, R. (2010c). The specificity of victim count as a diagnostic indicator of pedohebephilia [Letter to the Editor]. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 39, 1245–1252.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Blanchard, R., Kolla, N. J., Cantor, J. M., Klassen, P. E., Dickey, R., Kuban, M. E., & Blak, T. (2007). IQ, handedness, and pedophilia in adult male patients stratified by referral source. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 19, 285–309.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Blanchard, R., Kuban, M. E., Blak, T., Cantor, J. M., Klassen, P. E., & Dickey, R. (2009). Absolute versus relative ascertainment of pedophilia in men. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 21, 431–441.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Blanchard, R., Kuban, M. E., Blak, T., Klassen, P. E., Dickey R., & Cantor, J. M. (2010). Sexual attraction to others: A comparison of two models of alloerotic responding in men. Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi:10.1007/s10508-010-9675-3.

  • Blanchard, R., Lykins, A. D., Wherrett, D., Kuban, M. E., Cantor, J. M., Blak, T., … Klassen, P. E. (2009). Pedophilia, hebephilia, and the DSM-V. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 38, 335–350.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • First, M. B. (2010). DSM-5 proposals for paraphilias: Suggestions for reducing false positives related to use of behavioral manifestations [Letter to the Editor]. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 39, 1239–1244.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kraemer, H. C., Kupfer, D. J., Narrow, W. E., Clarke, D. E., & Regier, D. A. (2010). Moving toward DSM-5: The field trials. American Journal of Psychiatry, 167, 1158–1160.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Levenson, J. S. (2004). Reliability of sexually violent predator civil commitment criteria in Florida. Law and Human Behavior, 28, 357–368.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • O’Donohue, W., Regev, L. G., & Hagstrom, A. (2000). Problems with the DSM-IV diagnosis of pedophilia. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 12, 95–105.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Seto, M. C., Cantor, J. M., & Blanchard, R. (2006). Child pornography offenses are a valid diagnostic indicator of pedophilia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 115, 610–615.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Law and Mental Health Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 250 College Street, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada

    Ray Blanchard

Authors
  1. Ray Blanchard
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Ray Blanchard.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Blanchard, R. A Brief History of Field Trials of the DSM Diagnostic Criteria for Paraphilias. Arch Sex Behav 40, 861–862 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-011-9765-x

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-011-9765-x

Keywords

Search

Navigation