Androgen deprivation therapy of self-identifying, help-seeking pedophiles in the Dunkelfeld

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 176-184

  Amelung, Till ^a   Kuhle, Laura F ^a   Konrad, Anna ^a   Pauls, Alfred ^a   Beier, Klaus M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgen deprivation therapy; Cyproterone acetate; GnRH analogs; Paraphilic sexual behavior; Pedophilia; Psychologically meaningful factors

Indexed keywords

CYPROTERONE ACETATE; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; GROUP THERAPY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDOPHILIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; GERMANY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDOPHILIA; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84859825848     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: 18736386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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