Pharmaceutical Intervention Case Study

risk of re-offending. Individuals under this type of programs are sex offenders who have been incarcerated or convicted of a sexual crime and identified by sex offender treatment providers that treatment is required. The SOTP can be administered in the community and in a prison setting to manage sex offender and to prevent future sex offenses. The approach of treatment for individuals who are enrolled in SOTP are cognitive-behavioral and psycho-educational therapy. The cognitive-behavioral therapy targets thinking patterns and deviant sexual behaviors as they relate to sexual offending. The goal is to identify these thinking patterns and deviant behaviors and attempt to change and/or modify these factors to manageable and healthy thinking patterns and sexual behaviors. On the other hand,

These two approaches to treatment have their own unique approach to treatment. But, in collaboration, they form an effective treatment program designed for sex offenders. By integrating these types of approaches into a treatment program makes for an intensive treatment intervention that requires solid determination from both the participant and the provider to effectively deliver the treatment needs. Pharmaceutical Intervention. Since sexual offending behaviors are complex matters and involves multiple etiologies, individualized risk reduction and risk management needs (Association for Treatment of Sexual Abusers; ATSA; 2015). It is important to consider other means to address the complications of reducing risks. Pharmaceutical interventions or use of medication is determined to be an option to use as part of treatment for sex offenders to reduce certain risk factors. However, there are many factors that needs consideration before starting individuals on medication to management for identified risk factors (i.e., high sexual preoccupation,