Sorry, I did not have enough space to finish my question. It reads as follows:
Are psychologists and/or psychiatrists (or any other medical professionals) able to treat pedophilia such that the desire to engage in sexual activity with children is fully removed (as opposed to present, albeit in likely a lessor degree, but not acted upon)?
What forms of treatment are used and what are their success rates?
Anyways, my interest has been spawned because I watched a documentary profiling a pedophile that acted on his desires, and thus raped numerous young girls.
Thanks to all who answer.
Are psychologists and/or psychiatrists (or any other medical professionals) able to treat pedophilia such that the desire to engage in sexual activity with children is fully removed (as opposed to present, albeit in likely a lessor degree, but not acted upon)?
What forms of treatment are used and what are their success rates?
Anyways, my interest has been spawned because I watched a documentary profiling a pedophile that acted on his desires, and thus raped numerous young girls.
Thanks to all who answer.
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Psychologists study and treat the "mind", they figure out everything about the patient, and try to use this knowledge to help direct the patient in a positive or neutral way. Sometimes this requires a recommendation, to a psychiatrist, who are the medication end of this plan. They take what the psychologist has said and try to find an effective medication to help. I believe the most popular psychology application with sexual predators is cognitive behavioral therapy. And the psychiatrist would probably offer something to lessen the sex drive, and probably an anti-depressant or anti-anxiety pill, unless this person had more serious problems, like being bi-polar.
Success rates, opinions vary. Pedophiles have a criminal thinking pattern, meaning they have a pattern of thinking that leads them to do something illegal, aka most things that harm another human being. It is hard to break those patterns.
Success rates, opinions vary. Pedophiles have a criminal thinking pattern, meaning they have a pattern of thinking that leads them to do something illegal, aka most things that harm another human being. It is hard to break those patterns.
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1] no
2] lots of treatment plans, but almost all of them will abuse the first child they can be alone with
3] castration doesn't work either - they just abuse with objects or fingers anyway
NEVER leave your cxhild with someone you have not checked out!!
2] lots of treatment plans, but almost all of them will abuse the first child they can be alone with
3] castration doesn't work either - they just abuse with objects or fingers anyway
NEVER leave your cxhild with someone you have not checked out!!
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I'm not a psychiatrist, but I have it on good authority that pedophilia is very difficult to treat.