You are right, SarahF. I was trying to make the point that people with other mental illnesses can seek help before they break the law, but pedophiles who do are promptly arrested and incarcerated with no treatment in prison.

As for the rest of “sex offenders,” a judge with no medical training in any field, let alone psychology, “diagnoses” all persons convicted of sex offences as needing therapy and court orders it. And no matter how you answer the questions at intake of court ordered therapy, the judge’s “diagnosis” is confirmed by the shill therapists. Another cog in the prison industrial complex.

Well said.

Sarah hit it right on the head every time a foreign countries does a well-funded study on rehabilitation and safety America smirks ,all data except their own is thrown away you’ll see this over and over again.
There was a study a couple of years back that determines one out of every three Americans could use psychological therapy. With a ratio that strong I would not exclude therapist from that percentageg.Nowadays since it’s not a conflict of interest for a therapist or a politician to own stock in privatized prison systems I would highly suggest if you are seeking therapy ,which is a great thing to do if you need it, is to do therapy online with a country that does not have this type of corruption..
Personally I try to stay away from our current medical establishment I find them arrogant and lazy.
Since we have mainly a prophet drivinmedical system we have profit minded doctors I highly suggest you educate yourself on all issues I find an international site simply called Nature.com will put you way ahead of the game.
What do you guys think of FAC publishing a list of let’s call it Safe Haven Therapist for our members and the public?

I do not think that JZ is saying that all sex offenders are pedophiles. The research that I have read states that only a small number of “sex offenders” are actually pedophiles. JZ is speaking of the small number that happen to be pedophiles.

I agree. I read of a study done with somewhere between 8 to 12 known pedophiles in Europe and the same number of “normal” people (whatever that is). Each was given some type of brain scan. All pedophiles had one section of their brain that was slightly smaller than the brains of the control group. In addition, this particular area of the brain either had more or less gray matter in the pedophiles than what was in the brains of the “normal” people. I have never heard of any follow ups on these findings. Why, I cannot understand. These findings to me were huge.

One day in court with my husband, an inmate was brought before the judge. Without even knowing what the charges were, I knew he had some sort of severe mental problem. It was written all over his face. Then the prosecutor said that there were 200 images on his laptop. Unfortunately, the judge used it as an opportunity to do some “grandstanding”. No one in authority got it — this guy was severely mentally ill and needed help. Prison will only exacerbate the problem for him.

The brain is such an intricate organ that controls everything in our body. A psychiatrist once told me that the brain controls the production of 200 different chemicals. Getting just one amount off can throw off the whole brain. Mankind has more knowledge now than at any other time in history, but at times uses very little of that knowledge.

I dunno. I’m just throwing ideas out there.

Note to JZ’s comment: not all sex offenders are pedophiles. Competent therapists who specialize in making the distinction should never be compelled by law to report anyone who has a mental illness and is seeking treatment. Such laws undermine treatment.

Best comment of the past week^

“That means that the crime of looking at child porn online must be reported. Failure to report may result in a criminal fine against the therapist and revocation of his or her license.”

This is what America is about now, locking EVERYONE up that they can, because, well, Lawmakers need jobs right? Who else is going to sit for 8 hours a day figuring out how to further erode personal freedoms in this country except Lawmakers?

I would love to see everything you said here in a printed article online that goes viral for all to read.