RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Treatment of Sex Offenders with Depo-Provera
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 179
OP 187
VO 18
IS 2
A1 Kiersch, Theodore A.
YR 1990
UL http://jaapl.org/content/18/2/179.abstract
AB Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) is capable of reducing male testosterone blood levels with a corresponding reduction in sexual interest and activity. An attempt to evaluate its effectiveness with court committed sexual offenders was made with eight subjects each serving as his own control by alternating Depo-Provera injections for 16 weeks with saline injections for a corresponding 16 weeks. This paper reports the results of this study and the conclusions that appear to be appropriate.