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Follow-up of 11 XYY males with impulsive and/or sex-offending behaviour

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Claus Wiedeking ,
John Money  and
Paul Walker
Claus Wiedeking*
Affiliation:
Institut für Humangenetik der Universität, Göttingen, Germany; the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA: and the Community and Social Psychiatry Department, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA
John Money
Affiliation:
Institut für Humangenetik der Universität, Göttingen, Germany; the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA: and the Community and Social Psychiatry Department, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA
Paul Walker
Affiliation:
Institut für Humangenetik der Universität, Göttingen, Germany; the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA: and the Community and Social Psychiatry Department, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Claus Wiedeking, Neurologische Klinik der Universität, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 3400 Göttingen, West Germany.
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Synopsis

Eleven behaviourally abnormal XYY males who had been treated in a structured combined programme of antiandrogen medication and counselling were followed up 1 year after cessation of the programme. Behavioural ratings were made in each of 5 categories: assault against people, destructiveness against things, threatening behaviour, stealing, and self-harming. On examining the follow-up findings, therapeutic success appeared questionable.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , May 1979 , pp. 287 - 292
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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