The treatment of sexual deviation using a pharmacological approach

There has been increasing interest in the treatment of sexual deviation by pharmacological agents in recent years. This is in part the result of the sexually violent predator legislation being found constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in Kansas v. Hendricks 1977. In addition there is an acknowledgment that the sexual abuse of children is a public health problem of staggering proportions and progress in dealing with this is crucial. There …