Psychotherapy of paraphilic sex offenders.
The author provides a brief review of the current state of therapy for sex offenders in different countries and emphasizes psychotherapeutical models of treatment. He describes the course, complications and objectives of this therapy. The Czech model of specialized comprehensive treatments of paraphilic sex offenders is described. After twenty years of specialized approach in the therapy of sex offenders in the Czech Republic, the re-offense rate of 953 treated patients was 17.1%.
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Institute of Sexology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D018153:Czech Republic; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012008:Recurrence; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome