Pharmacological interventions for sex offenders: a poor evidence base to guide practice: COMMENTARY ON... COCHRANE CORNER [Round the corner]

Although a significant proportion of prisoners and patients in secure hospitals are sex offenders and victim surveys reveal a high level of hidden sexual victimisation, the authors of this Cochrane review found only very limited support for pharmacological intervention with sex offenders. Given the nature and extent of the problem of sexual offending and the promise shown by new drugs, there is a need for clinical scientists, lawyers and ethicists to rise to the challenge of ascertaining the effectiveness and safety of drugs which are being used to treat sex offenders, some involuntarily, without the evidence base to justify confidence as to their effectiveness and safety.
Source: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Round the corner Source Type: research