title: [Sex offenders in legal treatment and their relatives: results of family therapy sessions].
abstract: Members of the family of origin and spouses have been invited to take part in a cognitive-behavioral treatment programme for incarcerated sexual offenders to support the offender. Offenders arranged appointments with their spouses, mother, fathers and the therapist. A one-year follow-up reveals considerable change in denying and minimisation of responsibility, forcefullness and degree of sexual intrusiveness of both the offenders and the spouses. Both groups showed a better understanding for and a more positive attitude to the offenders' sexuality. Furthermore, both groups showed a significant increase in applying concepts of relapse prevention.
authors.affiliation: Klinische Abteilung für Sozialpsychiatrie und Evaluations-forschung, Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Wien.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eher
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dwyer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prinoth
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frühwald
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012008:Recurrence; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D016896:Treatment Outcome