UnknownPhase 4

Impaired Decision Making in Pedophilic Offenders

France128 participantsStarted 2011-08

Plain-language summary

Pedophilic behaviors represent a public health problem with serious consequences. The investigators hypothesize a disruption in the decision-making strategies among sex offenders pedophiles. Highlight this type of abnormality would offer a specific treatment of a possible neuropsychological deficit (with cognitive remediation for instance) and perhaps avoid recurrences of this type of behavior.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 65 Years

SexMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * For the controls, lack of diagnosis of disorders of sexual behavior (paraphilias) current or past (DSM IV) * For the pedophilic offenders: * Placement and conviction for rape or sexual assault of a minor under 15 years * Recognition of the facts * Existence of a current or past diagnosis of pedophilia (according to the DSM IV). Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of a current major depressive episode (DSM IV - MINI) * History of cerebral neurological disorder or a cranial trauma with loss of consciousness current * IGT test already done * Schizophrenia or Other current psychotic disorders(according to the criteria DSM IV of MINI test). * taking psychoactive drug

What they're measuring

Comparison of neuropsychological performances between control group and group of persons suffering from pedophilia

Timeframe: 36 months (at the end of the study)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01541150

SponsorUniversity Hospital, Montpellier

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2015-08

Contact for this trial

Lacambre Mathieu, MD

04 67 33 85 77 m-lacambre@chu-montpellier.fr

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