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C. A child molester is by definition a pedophile

Evidence suggest that paraphilic interests do change. These include the fact that the incidence of sex crimes decreases as people age, and the likelihood that a known high-risk sex offender will ever reoffend decreases the longer the offender does not commit a crime-as well as the self-report of men and women with paraphilic disorders.

Some approaches seek to change the manner in which sex offenders against children are assessed and treated, even in the face of popular media. One such program is the 

 (SBC) at The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre. In 2015, the SBC 

 the Global Achievement Award by the American Psychiatric Association. In 2018, SBC received the 

Crime Prevention Ottawa's Innovation Award

 for its contribution to public saftey. In the past 15 years, the known hands-on reoffence rate of sex offenders treated in the SBC has fallen to virtually zero. 

 by J. Paul Fedoroff, MD, on which this quiz was based. In his article, Dr Fedoroff explains some of the realities about sex offenders and why psychiatrists should be more optimistic about their patients’ prognoses.

 Fedoroff JP. Managing versus successfully treating paraphilic disorders: the paradigm is changing. In: Levine CB, Althof SE, eds. 

Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals.

 New York: Taylor and Francis; 2016:345-361.

 Fedoroff JP. Pedophilia: interventions that work. 

This quiz was originally posted on August 16, 2016 and has since been updated.

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