scholarly journals Sex Offenders: Treat or Punish? (Community Quick Survey on Sex Offenders)

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-148
Author(s):  
Rossy Sintya Marthasari
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Pharmacological Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Chemical Castration

The aim of this study was to collect data of what ordinary people think on chemical castration and the proper punishment for sex offenders. An online survey was conducted through a questionnaire (N = 36; 19 males and 17 females). Average age was between 19 and 61; all participants have heard and known about sexual harassment. Results showed that 21% of respondents concluded that the Internet was the main cause, 36% accused the pornographic films, 18% said that the harassment was due to how the victims behave and dress themselves, and 21% said that psychopathological factors also played a role. Most of the respondents advised that the proper punishment should be death penalty (47%), while 29% chose the chemical castration and 20% chose imprisonment. Since psychoterapy (in this context cognitive-behavioral therapy) combined with pharmacological therapy has shown better outcome compared to monotherapy, the author considers to involve cognitive behavioral therapy as part of rehabilitation, so psychotherapy should be part of punishment in lieu of chemical castration. Causes underlying the sexual harassments especially the psy-chological aspects are discussed.

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in the Treatment and Management of Sex Offenders

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Schaffer ◽  
Elizabeth L. Jeglic ◽  
Aviva Moster ◽  
Dorota Wnuk
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Sex Offending ◽  
Sex Offender Treatment ◽  
Adult Sexual Offending

In this article, current methods of conceptualizing and treating adult sexual offending are reviewed. First, the Risk-Needs-Responsivity (RNR) approach to sex offender management is presented and critiqued. Then, the newer Good Lives Model is discussed and contrasted with the aforementioned RNR approach. The discussion of these approaches to sex offender management and rehabilitation is followed by a review of those cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques used to treat risk factors associated with sex offending, as such techniques are employed in both paradigms. Finally, research regarding the efficacy of using CBT techniques to treat sex offending behavior is presented, and future directions for sex offender treatment and management are discussed.

scholarly journals Treatment Preferences for Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Japan: Online Survey (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisuke Sato ◽  
Chihiro Sutoh ◽  
Yoichi Seki ◽  
Eiichi Nagai ◽  
Eiji Shimizu
Keyword(s):  
Drug Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Medication Use ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Treatment Preferences ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Sleep Medication

BACKGROUND The internet has the potential to increase individuals’ access to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for insomnia at low cost. However, treatment preferences regarding internet-based computerized CBT for insomnia have not been fully examined. OBJECTIVE The aim was to conduct an anonymous online survey to evaluate treatment preferences for insomnia among patients with insomnia and individuals without insomnia. METHODS We developed an online survey to recruit a total of 600 participants living in the Kanto district in Japan. There were three subgroups: 200 medicated individuals with insomnia, 200 unmedicated individuals with insomnia, and 200 individuals without insomnia. The survey asked questions about the severity of the respondent’s insomnia (using the Athens Insomnia Scale), the frequency of sleep medication use and the level of satisfaction with sleep medication use, the respondent’s knowledge of CBT, his or her preference for CBT for insomnia before drug therapy, preference for CBT versus drug therapy, and preference for internet-based CBT versus face-to-face CBT. RESULTS Of the 600 respondents, 47.7% (286/600) indicated that they received CBT before drug therapy, and 57.2% (343/600) preferred CBT for insomnia to drug therapy. In addition, 47.0% (282/600) preferred internet-based CBT for insomnia to face-to-face CBT. Although the respondents with insomnia who were taking an insomnia medication had a relatively lower preference for internet-based CBT (40.5%, 81/200), the respondents with insomnia who were not taking an insomnia medication had a relatively higher preference for internet-based CBT (55.5%, 111/200). CONCLUSIONS The results of our online survey suggest that approximately half of the people queried preferred CBT for insomnia to drug therapy, and half of the respondents preferred internet-based CBT for insomnia to face-to-face CBT.

scholarly journals Treatment Preferences for Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Japan: Online Survey

10.2196/12635 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. e12635
Author(s):  
Daisuke Sato ◽  
Chihiro Sutoh ◽  
Yoichi Seki ◽  
Eiichi Nagai ◽  
Eiji Shimizu
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Treatment Preferences

scholarly journals An Observational Study of OCD Patients Treated With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vittoria Zaccari ◽  
Andrea Gragnani ◽  
Valerio Pellegrini ◽  
Tecla Caiazzo ◽  
Maria Chiara D'Arienzo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Potential Effect ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral

Background and Objectives: While the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for general mental health and the increase in anxiety and depression are clear, less is known about the potential effect of the pandemic on OCD. The purpose of this study is to collect new data to monitor the symptomatic status of patients with OCD during the period of emergency due to COVID-19 and to make a comparison between two psychodiagnostic evaluations.Methods: Eleven OCD patients and their psychotherapists were recruited. All patients had a specific psychodiagnostic assessment for OCD (SCL-90; OCI-R; Y-BOCS self-report) performed between December 2019 and January 2020 (t0), and undertook cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and exposure and prevention of response protocol (ERP) before the lockdown. The psychodiagnostic assessment carried out at t0 was re-administered (t1) to all patients, together with a set of qualitative questions collected through an online survey. The respective therapists were asked to document the status of the therapy and the monitoring of symptoms through use of a semi-structured interview (Y-BOCS) and a qualitative interview. Non-parametric analyses were conducted.Results: Patients reported a significant decrease in OCD symptoms. Data analysis showed a decrease in the scores across t0 and at t1 on the Y-BOCS (SR) total self-report, and on OCD symptoms' severity assessed by means of the OCI-r and SCL-90 r OC subscale, for 11 participants. Relating to the measures detected by psychotherapists, marginally significant improvements and lower scores were found in the Y-BOCS (I). An improvement in symptoms was noticed by 90.9% of the clinical sample; this was confirmed by 45.4% of the therapists, who claimed moderate progress in their patients.Conclusions: The data collected through standardized measurements at two different times, albeit relative to a small sample, assume relevance from a clinical point of view. In the literature, some studies document the worsening of OCD. However, in many studies, the type of treatment, the detection time, and the intervention period are not well-specified. These results confirm the effectiveness of CBT/ERP as an elective treatment for OCD through a specific intervention procedure.

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