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Treatments for sexual Sadism and Masochism
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Tags: sexual sadism and masochism, sexual pleasure, infliction of pain, transvestic fetishism, transsexualism, treatments
Behavior therapy is often used to treat sexual sadism. This approach to treatment may include the management and conditioning of arousal patterns and masturbation. Therapies involving cognitive restructuring and social skills training are also often utilized.
| | Medication may be used to reduce fantasies and behavior relating to paraphilias. This form of treatment is especially recommended for people who exhibit sadistic behaviors that are dangerous to others. |
| | The medications that may be used include female hormones (most commonly medroxyprogesterone acetate, or MPA), which speed up the clearance of testosterone from the bloodstream; antiandrogen medications, which block the body's uptake of testosterone; and the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs. |
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