Martin Kafka
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Martin Paul Kafka (born 1947) is an
Career
Kafka earned his undergraduate degree at
He was Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry at University Hospital in
Kafka was the only American in a panel of eight non-Catholic scientists commissioned by the church to prepare a report on
Kafka notes that "we don't know" the causes of atypical sexual behaviors. He cautions that "the research is in infancy," but it appears that physiological factors and environmental factors may both play roles.[3] Though sexual abusers of children are more likely to have been child sexual-abuse victims themselves, "most pedophiles have not been sexually abused." Kafka believes "social skills deficits" can be a factor.[3]
Kafka's work on
Selected publications
- Kafka MP (1991). Successful antidepressant treatment of nonparaphilic sexual addictions and paraphilias in men. Clin Psychiatry 1991 Feb;52(2):60-5.
- Kafka MP, Prentky RA (1992). Fluoxetine treatment of nonparaphilic sexual addictions and paraphilias in men. J Clin Psychiatry 1992 Oct;53(10):351-8.
- Kafka MP, Prentky RA (1992). A comparative study of nonparaphilic sexual addictions and paraphilias in men. J Clin Psychiatry 1992 Oct;53(10):345-50.
- Kafka MP, Prentky RA (1994). Sertraline pharmacotherapy for paraphilias and paraphilia-related disorders: an open trial. Ann Clin Psychiatry 1994 Sep;6(3):189-95.
- Kafka MP, Prentky RA (1994). Preliminary observations of DSM-III-R axis I comorbidity in men with paraphilias and paraphilia-related disorders. J Clin Psychiatry 1994 Nov;55(11):481-7.
- Kafka MP (1997). A Monoamine Hypothesis for the Pathophysiology of Paraphilic Disorders. Archives of Sexual Behavior Volume 26, Number 4, August 1997, pp. 343–358(16).
- Kafka MP (1997). Hypersexual desire in males: an operational definition and clinical implications for males with paraphilias and paraphilia-related disorders. Archives of Sexual Behavior 1997 Oct;26(5):505-26.
- Kafka MP, Prentky RA (1998). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in males with paraphilias and paraphilia-related disorders: a comorbidity study. J Clin Psychiatry. 1998 Jul;59(7):388-96; quiz 397.
- Kafka MP, Hennen J (2002). A DSM-IV Axis I comorbidity study of males (n= 120) with paraphilias and paraphilia-related disorders. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. Volume 14, Number 4, October 2002, pp. 349–366(18).
Notes
- ^ Bruni, Frank (February 24, 2004). Experts' Report at Vatican Faults Sex Abuse Policy in U.S. The New York Times
- ^ Kafka MP (2004). Sexual Molesters of Adolescents, Ephebophilia, and Catholic Clergy: A Review and Synthesis. In Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: Scientific and Legal Perspectives, ed. R. Karl Hanson, Friedemann Pfäfflin, and Manfred Lütz (Vatican: Libreria Editrico Vaticana, 2004).
- ^ a b Bergner, Daniel (January 23, 2005). The Making of a Molester. The New York Times
- ^ Slater, Lauren (November 19, 2000). The How Do You Cure A Sex Addict? The New York Times
5. American Psychiatric Association:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Arlington VA, American Psychiatric Association, 2013.
References
- Kafka, M.P.(2010) Hypersexual Disorder: a proposed diagnosis for DSM-V. Archives of Sexual Behavior 39;377-400
- American Psychiatric Association. (2013). The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, (5th Edition): American Psychiatric Association
External links
- Martin P. Kafka profile via McLean Hospital