Compulsive Masturbation Treated With Combined Naltrexone And Mirtazapine: Case Report And Review

Article Title: Compulsive Masturbation Treated With Combined Naltrexone And Mirtazapine: Case Report And Review

Author(s): Avinash De Sousa

Institute(s):  Get Well Clinic and Nursing Home, Mumbai, India

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society, 2007; Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 110-111

Abstract

Masturbation is a normal part of psychosexual development. It becomes troublesome when it becomes compulsive masturbation. The article reviews the small amount of literature available on compulsive masturbation and provides a case report of an adolescent that presented with compulsive masturbation and was treated successfully with a combination of Naltrexone and Mirtzapine with covert sensitization.

Key words: Naltrexone, Mirtazapine, Compulsive Masturbation.

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