Sections
Summary and Recommendations | Randomized Clinical Trials | Future Directions | Final Comment
Excerpt
There is no strong empirical support for psychological treatments
such as relapse prevention in preventing future sexual contacts
with children. Some evaluation studies support the efficacy of behavioral
conditioning techniques in decreasing pedophilic sexual arousal,
but the long-term maintenance of such changes is unknown. Nonbehavioral treatments
may actually be harmful, increasing rather than decreasing the likelihood
of new sexual offenses, and are therefore contraindicated in the
treatment of pedophilia.