A treatment for impulse control disorders and paraphilia: a case report

Can J Psychiatry. 1995 Feb;40(1):4-5. doi: 10.1177/070674379504000103.

Abstract

An individual with pedophilia and trichotillomania was treated with sertraline. Despite a longstanding history of trichotillomania, his hair-pulling behaviour stopped. In addition, pedophilic impulses also remitted. This improvement was noted not only in terms of subjective reporting but also in terms of biological and physiological testing done before and after treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • 1-Naphthylamine / analogs & derivatives*
  • 1-Naphthylamine / therapeutic use
  • Adult
  • Antidepressive Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Depressive Disorder / drug therapy*
  • Depressive Disorder / psychology
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Incest / prevention & control
  • Incest / psychology
  • Libido / drug effects
  • Male
  • Marriage / psychology
  • Pedophilia / drug therapy*
  • Pedophilia / psychology
  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Sertraline
  • Trichotillomania / drug therapy*
  • Trichotillomania / psychology

Substances

  • Antidepressive Agents
  • Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
  • 1-Naphthylamine
  • Sertraline