Re: Drug treatment for men who offend

["Peter M. Barach, Ph.D." <pbarach@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:33 PM 7/21/97 +0800, Norton, Trevor wrote:
>I am a therapist working with males who sexually offend (against adults
>and/or children), I have to present a paper on 'Treatments for men who
>offend', and are having troubles finding any journal articles on
>pharmacological treatments for men who offend.

	I don't know specific references to cite, but I know there has been some
research published on Depo-Provera as a drug "treatment." It is, in effect,
a form of chemical castration that suppresses the sex drive... I'm not sure
if this is what you had in mind.
	Peter

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