Impaired Decision Making in Pedophilic Offenders

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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
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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.

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

Conditions
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Pedophilia

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: neuropsychological questionnaires


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Male

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: patient suffering pedophilia<br>This group is the active comparator because patients suffering pedophilia with neuropsychological questionnaires | Behavioral: neuropsychological questionnaires<br>* Due to this study population (inmates), the investigators have decided to classify the protocol as and interventionnal study.<br>|
| Placebo Comparator: control group<br>This group is the placebo comparator | Behavioral: neuropsychological questionnaires<br>* Due to this study population (inmates), the investigators have decided to classify the protocol as and interventionnal study.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Comparison of neuropsychological performances between control group and group of persons suffering from pedophilia | 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...) | 36 months (at the end of the study) | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Pedophilia, Impaired Decision making, Insight, Cognitive Distorsions, Impulsiveness