Preventing sexual abusers of children from reoffending: Systematic review of medical and psychological interventions

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7924, 2013, Pages

  Långström, Niklas ^a,b   Enebrink, Pia ^a   Laurén, Eva Marie ^c   Lindblom, Jonas ^a,d   Werkö, Sophie ^a,d   Karl Hanson, R ^e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Prison and Probation Administration   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care   (Sweden)

^e PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DETENTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GROUP THERAPY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDOPHILIA DISORDER; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF REPORT; SEXUAL CRIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIMINALS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84884585999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f4630     Document Type: Article

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