American Psychiatric Association 'Rethinking' Its Assessment of Pedophiles

Insight Magazine.com ^ | 6/27/2003 | Paul Warfield

[ex-Texan]

The American Psychiatric Association soon may be known as the 'American Pedophile Association' if they go through with their plans to adopt the gay agenda.

[friendly]

This article is bogus. The American Psychiatric Association has NOT changed its position on pedophilia. Look at any copy of the APA's diagnostic manual, for example. This is a FALSE story.

[exnavy]

This is not the first I have heard of this, things in this world are getting stranger and stranger.

[RLK]

This article is bogus. The American Psychiatric Association has NOT changed its position on pedophilia. Look at any copy of the APA's diagnostic manual, for example. This is a FALSE story.

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I'm not certain this is false. It takes time for versions of the diagnostic manual to catch up with changes in the profession. In 1967 there was popular certainty that homosexualality would never be removed as a disorder. What is written here seems to be coming.

[strela]

However, according to a June 11 article on CNSNews.com entitled "Psychiatric Association Debates Lifting Pedophilia Taboo," the APA may be removing the term "mental disorder" when describing pedophiles.

An animal doesn't have a "mental disorder" either. But, you still shoot an animal until its dead, dead, dead if it invades your home or threatens the health and safety of your children.

[Kozak]

Actually removing pedophilia from the psychiatric realm might not be a bad thing. If it's not an illness, there's no treatment. It becomes purely an issue of morality and criminal behavior. We won't be in the position of releasing "cured" pedophiles.

[jammer]

You say it is false, but I didn't see in the article where the APA had changed position. I think it says that it is strongly considering changing.

[RLK]

For nearly 40 years I have been at odds with much of the psychiatric and psychological professions. There is a serious movement on pushing sex between adults and kids. If the mental health professions want to go along with it, there is nothing I can do about it except perhaps vomit. I wash my hands of it.

[NYer]

"If pedophilia is deemed normal by psychiatrists, then how can it remain illegal?" She adds, "It will be a tough fight to prove in the courts that it should still be against the law."

Imagine the implications for those dioceses now facing lawsuits on pedophilia. Shanley has already been convicted. What about those who have yet to go to trial - or - yet to be implicated, as is the case with Mahony in LA.

[friendly]

There is a "gay mafia" (Lambda Legal and other well-financed litigation/advocacy organizations) to pressure all public agencies, governmental bodies, schools, and private organizations to change their positions to match the "Queer Agenda."

There are a minority pro-pedophile/homophile groups in the psychological and psychiatric organizations. These do not enjoy the support of the membership or the leadership of these organizations.

[battlegearboat]

Joycelyn Elders is a big jerk-off!

[The Duke]

The entire mental healthy community has become one BIG joke. I had a friend who began studying to become a psychologist this past year. Do you know what their #1 qualification was for new students? - It was an "appreciation of diversity".

Since he started on that career track he's come to realize the the inmates may indeed, more literally than he or I evern imagined, be running the asylum.

By the way, my criticism of such institutions does not necessarily extend to "all" such institutions - particularly those that have religious affiliations.

[GeekDejure]

"An adult who engages in sexual activity with a child is performing a criminal and immoral act that never can be considered normal or socially acceptable behavior."

I figure that depends on whether you are a Christian... or a Muzzle-em !!!

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[jammer]

Well, your point is, I believe, that taking the words of one highly visible faction should not be construed as the views of the entire body. That point is well-taken. We have seen that happen, wrongly, on both sides of the political aisle to misrepresent.

However, do we see a movement coming in that direction? Thirty years ago we wouldn't have dreamed that homosexuality would be "declassified" as a psychological aberration (don't infer my thoughts on the subject from that sentence). This article may have just been an early warning of a trend.

[night reader]

Most everyone who can think clearly has dismissed the recent book written by Judith Levine, Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children From Sex, even though the foreword of the book was written by Dr. Joycelyn Elders, the Clinton administration's surgeon general.
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This sentence, though lengthy is actually only an incomplete sentence fragment. Any reference to Dr. Elders should close with these or similar words: "...whose perversions and mockery of public decency caused her to be to be fired."

[RLK]

Since he started on that career track he's come to realize the the inmates may indeed, more literally than he or I evern imagined, be running the asylum.

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What he has found has come to be standard and prerequisite for department/program certification.

[Jeff Gordon]

the APA is sure you are mentally ill if you are sexually attracted to small children and actually act on that feeling, the APA is sure you are mentally ill if you are sexually attracted to small children and actually act on that feeling, but it isn't sure you are mentally ill if you have those feelings but don't give in to them and actually molest a child.

So what's the fuss?

[Gorzaloon]

An animal doesn't have a "mental disorder" either. But, you still shoot an animal until its dead, dead, dead if it invades your home or threatens the health and safety of your children.

Numerous cases exist to support the desirability of it being up to the parents of the children to make that determination. And it was not possible to gain a conviction from a jury in these cases.

There are two things the Psychiatry Industry needs to do to gain credibility with the real world:

1: Reimburse the parent for the bullet.

2: Upon release of a convicted pedophile, the shrink reccomending release must board the offender in their home, with their children, for a year.

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The article points to one such individual named Linda Ames Nicolosi, NARTH publications director, who points to the obvious: "If pedophilia is deemed normal by psychiatrists, then how can it remain illegal?" She adds, "It will be a tough fight to prove in the courts that it should still be against the law."

Also known as one of the unforeseen "Second Amendment Release and Use Clauses".

[Centurion2000]

"If pedophilia is deemed normal by psychiatrists, then how can it remain illegal?"

Because if they don't jail the perpetrators, it will be open season on them for any father of a victim.