Journal article
The Paraphilias, Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorder, and the Treatment of Sexually Deviant Behaviour
Abstract
The paraphilias have been mostly ignored by psychiatry, even though psychiatrists are ideally suited to treat and diagnose these disorders by virtue of their medical and psychological training. The sexual deviations require an understanding of both biological and psychological causation and skills in psychological and pharmacological treatments. More recently the Supreme Court of the United States in Kansas v Hendricks (1997) upheld the …
Authors
Bradford JMW
Journal
Psychiatric Quarterly, Vol. 70, No. 3, pp. 209–219
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
3 1999
DOI
10.1023/a:1022099026059
ISSN
0033-2720