Status:

COMPLETED

Facial Emotion Recognition in Patients Who Committed Sexual Assault Against Children: an EEG Study

Lead Sponsor:

Hôpital le Vinatier

Conditions:

Child Sexual Abuse

Emotion Recognition

Eligibility:

MALE

25-55 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study aims to compare the emotional processing in sexual offenders against children versus healthy volunteers using an objective electrophysiological measurement (EEG) during a facial emotion sti...

Detailed Description

Sexual abuse is a major public health issue. Apart from medical care of victims, it appears essential to intervene with sexual offenders for prevention purposes (from primary prevention to avoid a fir...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria SUBJECTS - Sexual offenders against children:
  • Right-handed ;
  • Patient refered to the referral platform for treatment of sexual offenders in Le Vinatier Hospital Center for evaluation of child abuse ;
  • Without any Axis 1 disorder ;
  • Having given informed consent ;
  • Affiliated to French social health care

Exclusion

  • Intellectual disability (identified during routine care in the referral platform for treatment of sexual offenders);
  • Poor understanding of tests and scales instructions ;
  • Neurological or neurodevelopmental history resulting in cognitive impairment with loss of autonomy ;
  • Gardianship or other tutelage measure
  • Healthy controls :
  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Right-handed ;
  • Without criminal background ;
  • Without any DSM-5 psychiatric disorder (past or present, personal or familial in a first-degree relative) ;
  • Non-caregiver employee of Le Vinatier Hospital Center.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 12 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 15 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05383235

Start Date

July 12 2022

End Date

May 15 2025

Last Update

July 24 2025

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Centre Hospitalier Le Vinatier

Bron, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, 69678