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Approaches to Treatment

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This chapter describes a variety of approaches that have been used in the treatment of voyeurism, from aversive conditioning, drug therapies, to talking therapies. As most of the literature briefly describes successful single-case studies or larger empirical studies that do not always identify the voyeurs, it is not always clear if there are any particular methods that can be relied on to work with voyeurs.

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Duff, S. (2018). Approaches to Treatment. In: Voyeurism. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97160-5_5

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