Medroxyprogesterone acetate treatment

Medroxyprogesterone acetate treatment

Medroxyprogesterone acetate treatment is a treatment program suggested as a possible way to dimish deviant sexual behaviour in sex offenders.

In 1981, in an experiment by the American Psychiatric Association, 48 males with long standing histories of sexually deviant behaviour were given medroxyprogesterone acetate for as long as 12 months. Forty of those subjects were recorded as to have diminished desires for deviant sexual behaviour, less frequent sexual fantasies, and greater control over sexual urges. The American Psychiatric Association recorded a continuation of this more positive behaviour after the administration of the drug had ended, with no evidence of adverse side effects, and recommended medroxyprogesterone acetate along with counselling as a successful method of treatment for serial sex offenders.

[http://www.flsenate.gov/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=Ch0794/SEC0235.HTM Florida Statute 794.0235] specifies that a court MAY order MPA treatment as a sentence for sexual battery, and MUST order MPA treatment if an offender is being convicted of sexual battery for a second offense. The offender may opt for castration in cases where MPA treatment is ordered.

References

* [http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/138/5/644 American Psychiatric Association]


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