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  1. Editor’s note: In fact, the reason is clear. Because the Board of Trustees rejected, without explanation, the proposed revisions to the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for Pedophilia in DSM-5, the DSM-5 simply reproduced the criteria set for Pedophilia as described in DSM-IV-TR (see Balon, 2014).

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Merrick, W.A. Changes in DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for Paraphilic Disorders. Arch Sex Behav 45, 2173–2179 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-016-0845-9

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