I-Gerontophilia ukuchezuka kwezocansi okunamandla kakhulu noma okuncane. Ukwelashwa kwayo kuyi-psychotherapeutic kanye / noma ngokwemithi. 

I-Gerontophilia iyi-paraphilia (isici esichezukile (i-para) yalokho okuheha umuntu (i-philia) njenge-pedophilia, ukulala nesilwane, i-necrophilia… I-Gerontophilia ikuheha abantu abadala kakhulu ngokocansi.

I-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) ichaza ama-paraphilias “njengezifiso zobulili, amaphupho acatshangelwayo avusa inkanuko yobulili, nokuziphatha okuphindaphindiwe okungavamile okuhlanganisa izinto ezingaphili; ukuhlupheka noma ukululazeka kwakho noma komlingani; izingane noma abanye abantu abangagunyaziwe, futhi okunwetshwa isikhathi esingangezinyanga eziyisithupha ”. Lokhu kuziphatha kusemsuka wokuhlupheka noma ukuguqulwa kokusebenza komphakathi. Ama-Paraphilias anomthelela omkhulu noma omncane ekhonweni labagulayo lokuhlanganyela emisebenzini yocansi esekelwe othandweni nasekubuyiseleni. 

I-Paraphilias iba nzima kakhulu. Izinga lokuqina lincike esenzweni kanye nemvamisa yaso. 

Lezi yizifo ezazibizwa ngokuthi ukuhlanekezelwa kwezocansi. 

Njengamanye ama-paraphilias, ngaphandle kwe-masochism, i-gerontophilia ayivamisile ukuthinta abesifazane. Isilinganiso sobulili empeleni ngamadoda angama-20 kowesifazane oyedwa (owesifazane oyedwa we-gerontophile wamadoda angu-1). Ukuxilongwa kwe-gerontopophilia kuphakama kuphela lapho umuntu we-gerontophile ethatha isinyathelo noma ephazamiseka kakhulu ngemibono yakhe. I-Gerontophilia njengamanye ama-paraphilia angaqala ebusheni noma ebudaleni. Izintandokazi ze-Gerontophilic zingahlala unomphela (imicabango eqanjiwe noma izisusa ze-paraphilic ziyisibopho ukuze zivuse inkanuko futhi zihlale ziyingxenye yesenzo socansi) noma zivele ngezikhathi ezithile, phakathi nenkathi yokucindezeleka njengesibonelo. 

Njengamanye ama-paraphilia, i-gerontophilia ngokuvamile inenkambo engapheli. Ngakho-ke idinga ukwesekwa. 

Ziningi izindlela zokwelapha i-gerontophilia, njengalezo zamanye ama-paraphilia. 

Izindawo ezimbili eziyinhloko zokunakekelwa ama-psychotherapies (ukwelashwa kwengqondo-yokuziphatha, ukunakekelwa ngokobulili, njll.) kanye nokuphathwa kwezidakamizwa, okungukuthi, imithi yokulawula ukushayela (ama-antidepressants athile anedosi ephezulu kanye nokwelashwa kwama-hormone antiandrogens, okungathathwa kuphela ngemvume isiguli).

Ukuphathwa kwe-Psychotherapeutic kanye nokuphathwa kwemithi kungahlanganiswa. 

Lezi zindlela zokwelapha zihlose ukulawula ukucabanga nokuziphatha kwe-paraphilic kanye nokusiza abantu abakhubazekile okuhlanganisa nama-gerontophiles ukuthi bacabange ngendlela ehlukile mayelana nobulili babo. 

Uma i-gerontophiliac iya ocansini nomuntu osekhulile ovumelene naye, kuyisimo esisemthethweni, kuyilapho amanye ama-paraphilia, njenge-pedophilia noma i-voyeurism engekho emthethweni.