Editing Antiandrogen (section)

====Paraphilias====
{{See also|Paraphilia#Antiandrogens|Chemical castration#Treatment for sex offenders}}

Androgens increase [[sex drive]],<ref name="JonesLopez2013">{{cite book| vauthors = Jones RE, Lopez KH |title=Human Reproductive Biology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M4kEdSnS-pkC&pg=PA77|date=28 September 2013|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=978-0-12-382185-0|pages=77–}}</ref> and for this reason, antiandrogens are able to reduce sex drive in men.<ref name="pmid11221487">{{cite journal | vauthors = Bradford JM | title = The neurobiology, neuropharmacology, and pharmacological treatment of the paraphilias and compulsive sexual behaviour | journal = Can J Psychiatry | volume = 46 | issue = 1 | pages = 26–34 | year = 2001 | pmid = 11221487 | doi = 10.1177/070674370104600104| doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name="pmid19243704">{{cite journal | vauthors = Guay DR | title = Drug treatment of paraphilic and nonparaphilic sexual disorders | journal = Clin Ther | volume = 31 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–31 | year = 2009 | pmid = 19243704 | doi = 10.1016/j.clinthera.2009.01.009 }}</ref> In accordance, antiandrogens are used in the treatment of conditions such as [[hypersexuality]] (excessively high sex drive) and [[paraphilia]]s (atypical and sometimes societally unacceptable sexual interests) like [[pedophilia]] (sexual attraction to children).<ref name="pmid11221487" /><ref name="pmid19243704" /> They have been used to decrease sex drive in [[sex offender]]s so as to reduce the likelihood of [[recidivism]] (repeat offenses).<ref name="MarshallLaws2013">{{cite book| vauthors = Marshall WL, Laws DR, Barbaree HE |title=Handbook of Sexual Assault: Issues, Theories, and Treatment of the Offender|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lkf2BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA297|date=21 November 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4899-0915-2|pages=297–}}</ref> Antiandrogens used for these indications include [[cyproterone acetate]], [[medroxyprogesterone acetate]], and GnRH modulators.<ref name="StunkardBaum1989">{{cite book| vauthors = Stunkard AJ, Baum A |title=Eating, Sleeping, and Sex|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bf-dRU-Ie9EC&pg=PA209 |year=1989|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-8058-0280-1|pages=209–}}</ref><ref name="PhenixHoberman2015">{{cite book| vauthors = Phenix A, Hoberman HM |title=Sexual Offending: Predisposing Antecedents, Assessments and Management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NhEpCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA759|date=7 December 2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-4939-2416-5|pages=759–}}</ref>