[Antiandrogenic pharmacotherapy of sexual offenders and home leave steps in the forensic psychiatric hospital Berlin].
OBJECTIVE
Evaluation of the relationship between antiandrogenic therapy of sexual offenders and home leave steps in a forensic psychiatric hospital.


METHODS
Retrospective evaluation of all sexual offenders (n = 79) who were treated in the forensic psychiatric hospital Berlin between the 1.1.1998 and the 1.1.2005.


RESULTS
There is an increase in the number of patients treated with antiandrogenic medication during the observed time period. Patients under this kind of pharmacotherapy receive higher grades of home leave steps.


CONCLUSIONS
As possible reasons for the observed changes we discuss the contemporaneous implementation of a new pharmacotherapeutic treatment option (LHRH-agonists) and an aggravation of the German criminal law for sexual offenders.
Briken
Peer
P
Institut für Sexualforschung und Forensische Psychiatrie, Zentrum für Psychosoziale Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg. briken@uke.uni-hamburg.de
Welzel
Kathrin
K
Habermann
Niels
N
Hill
Andreas
A
Berner
Wolfgang
W
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000726:Androgen Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001604:Berlin; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017373:Cyproterone Acetate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000819:agonists*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011902:Rape / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control; D055815:Young Adult
D000726:Androgen Antagonists; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D017373:Cyproterone Acetate