How are pedophiles rehabilitated? Could their condition somehow be successfully cured?
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One of the primary issues that we have here is if an adult reports to a psychiatrist “I have sexual thoughts about children” at least here in the US, the clinician is legally obligated to report them even if they haven’t done anything (child pornography is abhorrent so it’s implied that the person inquiring may possess it). It turns into an uncomfortable legal paradox where people that have not committed any offences legally can’t speak to professionals in order to develop coping strategies NOT to offend. Therefore the person is more likely TO offend. I don’t think that there’s a cure for this so much as if someone with these urges submerges themselves in the corporate world, lives in a neighborhood without children, and doesn’t own a personal computer.
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