Which factors influence the appropriateness of testosterone-lowering medications for sex offenders? A survey among clinicians from German forensic-psychiatric institutions

Abstract

Clinicians' attitudes towards the DPS correspond to the suggestions made in the current WSFBF-guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of sex offenders (Thibaut et al. 2010 ; World J Biol Psychiatry 11:604-655). Use of the DPS could therefore contribute to a more structured approach towards helping clinicians come to a decision about whether or not to treat a sex offender with TLM.