La Pedofilia es un Trastorno Mental y a Veces un Acto Legal: Un Comentario

Freddy Paniagua

doi:10.37226/rcp.v6i1.6497

Authors

Freddy Paniagua University of Texas, Texas, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4734-1681

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37226/rcp.v6i1.6497

Keywords:

adolescentes, edad mínima de consentimiento, legislaciones, niños, pedofilia, UNICEF

Abstract

En la literatura sobre la salud mental, se presume que si una persona es diagnosticada con trastorno mental de pedofilia con los criterios diagnósticos establecidos por el DSM-5 esa persona está también involucrado en un acto ilegal penalizado por el código penal del país en donde el acto ocurrió. Este comentario argumenta que esa presuposición es parcialmente correcta, y que los profesionales de la salud mental deben revisar cuidadosamente las legislaciones que definen a que edad relaciones sexuales son consideradas legales versus ilegales antes de decidir evaluar, diagnosticar, y tratar personas involucradas en esas relaciones con niños/as en un país determinado. Este argumento es ilustrado con ejemplos de países en las regiones del Caribe (p.ej., Republica Dominicana, Cuba), América Central (p. ej., Panamá, Costa Rica), América del Sur (p. ej., Colombia, Venezuela), América del Norte (Canadá, México, y los Estados Unidos), Asia (p.ej., China, Irán), Europa (p.ej., Francia, España), y África (p.ej., Angola, Nigeria).

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