title: Successful treatment of paraphilic coercive disorder (a rapist) with fluoxetine hydrochloride.
abstract: A rape assailant with intrusive and persistent paraphilic rape fantasies was successfully treated with the antidepressant fluoxetine hydrochloride. Symptoms of impulsiveness, anxiety and depression were also markedly improved.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Mass.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Kafka
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D005201:Fantasy; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D010553:Personality Development; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence
chemical_list: D005473:Fluoxetine