As a medical diagnosis,pedophiliaorpaedophiliais a psychiatric disorder in persons 16 years of age or older typically characterized by a primary or exclusive sexual interest towardprepubescent children(generally age11 years or younger, though specific diagnostic criteria for the disorder extends the cut-off point for prepubescence to age 13).[1][2][3][4] An adolescent who is 16 years of age or older must be at least five years older than the prepubescent child before the attraction can be diagnosed as pedophilia.[1][2]