Editing Voyeurism (section)

===Professional treatment===
Historically voyeurism has been treated in a variety of ways. [[Psychoanalysis|Psychoanalytic]], [[group psychotherapy]] and [[aversion therapy|shock aversion]] approaches have all been attempted with limited success.<ref name="pmid795401" /> There is some evidence which shows that pornography can be used as a form of treatment for voyeurism. This is based on the idea that countries with pornography censorship have high amounts of voyeurism.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rincover |first1=Arnold |title=Can Pornography Be Used as Treatment for Voyeurism? |work=Toronto Star |date=January 13, 1990|page=H2}}</ref> Additionally shifting voyeurs from voyeuristic behaviour, to looking at graphic pornography, to looking at the nudes in ''[[Playboy]]'' has been successfully used as a treatment.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/0005-7967(69)90058-8 |title=A case of voyeurism treated by counterconditioning |year=1969 |last1=Jackson |first1=B |journal=Behaviour Research and Therapy |volume=7 |pages=133–4 |pmid=5767619 |issue=1}}</ref> These studies show that pornography can be used as a means of satisfying voyeuristic desires without breaking the law.

Voyeurism has also been successfully treated with a mix of anti-psychotics and antidepressants. However the patient in this case study had a multitude of other mental health problems. Intense pharmaceutical treatment may not be required for most voyeurs.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.eurpsy.2008.01.317 |title=Case of Successful treatment of voyeurism |year=2008 |last1=Becirovic |first1=E. |last2=Arnautalic |first2=A. |last3=Softic |first3=R. |last4=Avdibegovic |first4=E. |journal=European Psychiatry |volume=23 |pages=S200|s2cid=144942345 }}</ref>

There has also been success in treating voyeurism through using treatment methods for obsessive compulsive disorder. There have been multiple instances of successful treatment of voyeurism through putting patients on fluoxetine and treating their voyeuristic behaviour as a compulsion.<ref name="Metzl2004" /><ref name="pmid10097802" />