Document Type : Original Article
Authors
- . Victoria Omranifard 1
- . Mostafa Najafi 2
- . Mohammad Reza Sharbafchi 1
- . Parisa Emami 3
- . Mohammad Maracy 4
1 Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
2 Department of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3 Department of Neurology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
4 Department of Epidemiology, Psychosomatic Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of adding risperidone to the
general behavioral treatment of masturbation in children 3‑7 years old.
Methods: A 4 week randomized clinical controlled trial was designed in year 2009.
Samples have been chosen from children who have been referred to the Child and
Adolescence Psychiatric Clinic of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Ninety children
were recruited at the study and randomly allocated into the risperidone and control
groups (44 and 46 respectively). The risperidone group was medicated simultaneously by
behavioral treatments and 0.25‑1 mg of risperidone daily while the controls only received
the behavioral treatments.
Findings: The mean ± SD age of the risperidone and control groups was 5.3 ± 1.1 and
4.9 ± 1.1 years, respectively. The mean ± SD of the period of suffering from masturbation was
3.4 ± 1.2 and 3.8 ± 1.7 months in the risperidone and the control groups, respectively. At the
beginning of the study, the mean frequency of masturbation in control and the risperidone
groups was 2.6 ± 0.9 and 2.7 ± 0.9 times/day, whereas after the 4th week, it decreased to
1.4 ± 0.6 and 1.1 ± 0.5 times/day, respectively. The results showed a more reduction in the
mean frequency of masturbation in the risperidone group significantly.
Conclusion: In comparison to the general behavioral treatment, risperidone in addition
to the behavioral treatment will probably reduce the frequency of masturbation in children
more effectively.
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