Journal article
Pharmacologic Treatment of Paraphilias
Abstract
The treatment of paraphilias remains a challenge in the mental health field. Combined pharmacologic and psychotherapeutic treatment is associated with better efficacy. The gold standard treatment of severe paraphilias in adult males is antiandrogen treatment with cognitive behavioral therapy. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have been used in mild types of paraphilia and in cases of sexual compulsions and juvenile paraphilias. …
Authors
Assumpção AA; Garcia FD; Garcia HD; Bradford JMW; Thibaut F
Journal
Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 173–181
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 2014
DOI
10.1016/j.psc.2014.03.002
ISSN
0193-953X