Reduction of sadistic sexual arousal by olfactory aversion: a case study

Current Treatments of Paraphiliacs

“…Olfactory aversion (Laws et al, 1978;Laws & Osborn, 1983). This is a form of behavior therapy that directly attacks deviant sexual urges by pairing them with an aversive odor administered by the patient himself.…”

The use of olfactory aversion and directed masturbation in modifying deviant sexual interest: A case study

“…His research detailed unpleasant and at times painful consequences to participants and treatment needed to be repeated several months later following the reoccurrence of deviant sexual urges. Laws et al (1978) reports a successful application of reducing deviant arousal to sadistic materials, after pairing valeric acid with deviant fantasy and covert sensitization. However, in their research Maletzsky and George (1973) received complaints from their participants that the method of covert sensitization was not powerful enough.…”

“…This approach underlies many cognitiveÁbehavioural techniques (Marshall et al, 1999) and is used typically with the individual's identified problem, i.e. obesity, alcoholism, paraphilic interests (Bancroft, 1974;Laws et al, 1978;Rachman & Teasdale, 1969), to modify behaviour. CognitiveÁbehavioural techniques are also applied to the treatment of sex offenders in teaching skills to identify and control deviant sexual arousal (Marshall et al, 1999;Quinsey & Earls, 1990).…”

“…Aversion therapy is therefore a technique aimed at interrupting behaviour sequences through the pairing of aversive stimuli with unwanted acts or behaviours (MacCulloch & Feldman, 1967). This technique has formed the basis of treatment therapies for sexual deviants (see Laws, Meyer & Holman, 1978). Historically aversive techniques have employed aversive galvanic stimulation (AGS), in which deviant fantasies or behaviours were paired with negative consequences, i.e.…”

Impacto da psicoterapia sobre a escolha dos parceiros sexuais de parafílicos em tratamento medicamentoso

“…Apesar de vários estudos de avaliação de resultados e de metanálises darem suporte sobre sua eficácia, a extensão deles em termos de nível de evidência é ainda insuficiente e mais pesquisa é necessária Krueger, 2012 (Marshall;Laws, 2003). Vários outros procedimentos também foram utilizados, como por exemplo, uso de odores desagradáveis associados a imagens sexuais desviantes (Laws et al, 1978), uso de imagens de atos sexuais desviantes conjuntamente com imagens aversivas, técnica conhecida como sensibilização encoberta (covert sensitization) (Callahan;Leitenberg, 1973); aversão pela vergonha, em que o paciente simula seu ato sexual desviante na presença de terapeutas (Serber, 1970;Wickramasekera, 1976 (Dias, 1994(Dias, , 2000Oliveira Jr, 2012 (Dias, 1994(Dias, , 2000Oliveira Jr, 2012 Outros autores também engajados em teorias psicológicas parecem compartilhar da visão deste mecanismo proposto por Dias (2000). A teoria do aprendizado social afirma que os comportamentos sexuais não convencionais são aprendidos da mesma forma que os comportamentos sexuais convencionais Marshall, 1990).…”