The editorial notes that physicians and psychiatrists are conspicuous by their absence from the rosters of those who write about, discuss, or treat sexual offenders. An explanation for this phenomenon includes the following observations: (1) Medical schools rarely, if ever, include in their curricula information about offenders, their assessment, or their treatment; (2) Assessment and treatment of sexual offenders are not taught in psychiatry residencies; (3) Sexual offenders are not the most therapist-friendly consumers of psychologic and psychiatric services; (4) Some psychiatrists worry that treating sexual offenders increases liability risk; (5) A myth exists in jurisprudence and medicine that sexual offenders cannot be treated; and (6) Medical practitioners worry that reimbursement for services devoted to sexual offenders may be uncertain. References