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Psychiatric Treatment of Sexual Offenders [electronic resource] : Treating the Past Trauma in Traumatizers-a Bio-psycho-social Perspective
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marvasti, Jamshid A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychosexual disorders--Treatment.
- Sex offenders--Mental health.
- Sex offenders--Rehabilitation.
- Crime.
- Criminology.
- Social Sciences.
- Sex Offenses.
- Sociology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Crime.
- Criminology.
- Social Sciences.
- Sex Offenses.
- Sociology.
- Local Subjects:
- Psychosexual disorders--Treatment.
- Sex offenders--Mental health.
- Sex offenders--Rehabilitation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (221 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Springfield : Charles C Thomas, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The approach of this book is a humanistic one that characterizes the individual suffering from paraphilia as a human being. With this perspective in mind, the author posits that any sexual offender who has a history of childhood trauma needs to be treated not only for the sexual offenses, but also for past trauma. Consisting of eight chapters, the first chapter addresses the issues of paraphilias and their sexual offense behavior. Chapter 2 focuses on typology and characteristics of pedophiliacs and rapists. Chapter 3 details the issues of sexual offense and hypersexuality in elderly males. Ch
- Contents:
- HALFTITLE: PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENTOF SEXUAL OFFENDERS; TITLEPAGE: PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENTOFSEXUAL OFFENDERS; CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; CONTENTS; Chapter 1: PARAPHILIAS AND SEXUAL OFFENSE BEHAVIORS: ETIOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND DIAGNOSIS; Chapter 2: TYPOLOGY, PSYCHIATRIC CO-MORBIDITIES, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILD MOLESTERS AND RAPISTS; Chapter 3 SEXUAL OFFENSE AND HYPERSEXUALITY IN MALE ELDERLY; Chapter 4 PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF PARAPHILIA AND SEXUAL OFFENDERS; Chapter 5 COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY WITH SEXUAL OFFENDERS
- Chapter 6 PHARMACOTHERAPY AND SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PARAPHILIACS AND SEXUAL O FFENDERSChapter 7 VICTIM TO VICTIMIZER PROCESS AND NEUROBIOLOGY OF TRAUMATIC STRESS; Chapter 8 TREATING TRAUMA-RELATED DISORDERS IN TRAUMATIZERS: PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND COGNITIVE THERAPY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-398-08045-3
- OCLC:
- 689996378
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