Chemical castration: “Patients are appeased”
by Wang Yin on Nov.17, 2009, under news
Head of psychiatry at the Foch Hospital in Suresnes (DFO Gold), uses treatments inhibitors of libido, commonly called “chemical castration” for some of these patients. He explains in what circumstances they are shown to reveal their limitations.
The term comes from the urology about the treatment of prostate cancer for which are given anti-androgens that block the secretion of testosterone. But it is inappropriate when referring to sex offenders, because the idea of castration has a connotation and irreversible surgery, then it is a medication effects reversible. Anti-androgens inhibit the libido: they act as an appetite suppressant for those failing to control their sexual impulses and fear of passing the act or reoffend.
The term chemical castration maintains the confusion with this treatment as a punitive measure when it is a treatment that brings relief, even if it does not address the cause of the anomaly.
