Rapid-Onset Treatment for Pedophilic Disorder

Topics: Degarelix | Pedophilic Disorder | Prepubescent children | Sex offenders

Review of: Landgren V et al, JAMA Psychiatry 2020;77(9):897–905 Pedophilia—the sexual attraction to prepubescent children—has no clearly effective treatment. A common pharmacologic intervention is gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GRH) agonists, which lower testosterone through receptor desensitization. However, by producing an initial flare-up o