Understanding Masturbation in the Pediatric Patient

Childhood masturbation is not included in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The topic of hypersexuality was proposed but rejected for inclusion in the fifth edition by the American Psychiatric Association because it is not considered an unhealthy behavior (Kafka, 2010). The World Health Organization does not have a specific code for childhood masturbation. It is categorized under the coding title "Other specified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence" (F98.8) in the International Statistical Classification System of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th edition (World Health Organization, 2004; Mallants & Casteels, 2008).

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