Impaired Decision Making in Pedophilic Offenders

Neuropsychological Approach of Pedophilic Behaviors, a Pilot Study in a Population of Inmates Pedophilic Offenders

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01541150

Enrollment

128

Registered

2012-02-29

Start date

2011-08-31

Completion date

2017-01-31

Last updated

2014-12-31

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Conditions

Pedophilia

Keywords

Pedophilia, Impaired Decision making, Insight, Cognitive Distorsions, Impulsiveness

Brief summary

Pedophilic behaviors represent a public health problem with serious consequences. The investigators hypothesize a disruption in the decision-making strategies among sex offenders pedophiles. Highlight this type of abnormality would offer a specific treatment of a possible neuropsychological deficit (with cognitive remediation for instance) and perhaps avoid recurrences of this type of behavior.

Detailed description

Cross-sectional study, comparing a group of 64 pedophilic offenders inmates condamned with a group of 64 volunteers non-pedophiles matched by age and level of study.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALneuropsychological questionnaires

Due to this study population (inmates), the investigators have decided to classify the protocol as and interventionnal study.

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* For the controls, lack of diagnosis of disorders of sexual behavior (paraphilias) current or past (DSM IV) * For the pedophilic offenders: * Placement and conviction for rape or sexual assault of a minor under 15 years * Recognition of the facts * Existence of a current or past diagnosis of pedophilia (according to the DSM IV).

Exclusion criteria

* Presence of a current major depressive episode (DSM IV - MINI) * History of cerebral neurological disorder or a cranial trauma with loss of consciousness current * IGT test already done * Schizophrenia or Other current psychotic disorders(according to the criteria DSM IV of MINI test). * taking psychoactive drug

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Comparison of neuropsychological performances between control group and group of persons suffering from pedophilia	36 months (at the end of the study)	Bring to light cognitive changes in the pedophilia, by comparing the neuropsychological performances of a group of persons suffering from pedophilia to a control group (no pedophile). The neuropsychological performances between two groups are assessed by neuropsychologic questionnaires (Iowa Gambling Task, MINI 5.0.0, MADRS, Test de Rolls, N-Back, WAIS III, go-no-go...)

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactLacambre Mathieu, MD

m-lacambre@chu-montpellier.fr04 67 33 85 77

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026