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Paedophilia: A Cognitive/Behavioural Treatment Approach in a Single Case

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Simon J. Enright
Simon J. Enright*
Affiliation:
West Berkshire Health Authority, Department of Clinical Psychology, Fair Mile Hospital, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 9HH
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Abstract

Our confidence in being able to offer successful treatment of paedophilia remains low. A multifaceted cognitive/behavioural treatment approach is described in the hitherto successful treatment of a man with a 13-year history of sexually interfering with young children of both sexes.

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Brief Report
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 3 , September 1989 , pp. 399 - 401
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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