Gerontophilia ndizovuta kwambiri kapena zocheperako pakugonana. Chithandizo chake ndi psychotherapeutic ndi / kapena mankhwala. 

Gerontophilia ndi paraphilia (paraphilia) yomwe imakopa munthu (kufila) monga kulera, kugonana ndi nyama, necrophilia… Gerontophilia ndi chikoka chogonana ndi anthu okalamba kwambiri.

Buku lakuti Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) limafotokoza kuti paraphilia “ndi zikhumbo zakugonana, malingaliro odzutsa chilakolako cha kugonana, ndi makhalidwe obwerezabwereza achilendo okhudza zinthu zopanda moyo; kuzunzika kapena kudzinyozetsa iwe mwini kapena mnzake; ana kapena anthu ena osavomereza, ndipo amapitilira kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ”. Khalidweli lili pa chiyambi cha kuvutika kapena kusintha kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu. Ma paraphilias amakhudza kwambiri kapena pang'ono pa kuthekera kwa omwe ali ndi vutoli kuti achite zogonana potengera chikondi komanso kuyanjana. 

Paraphilias ndizovuta kwambiri kapena zochepa. Kuchuluka kwa kuuma kumadalira mchitidwewo komanso kuchuluka kwake. 

Awa ndi matenda omwe kale ankatchedwa kusokoneza kugonana. 

Mofanana ndi ma paraphilias ena, kupatula masochism, gerontophilia samakhudza akazi kawirikawiri. Chiŵerengero cha kugonana kwenikweni ndi amuna 20 kwa mkazi mmodzi (mkazi mmodzi wa gerontophile kwa amuna 1). Kuzindikira kwa gerontopophilia kumachitika kokha pamene munthu wa gerontophile achitapo kanthu kapena amasokonezeka kwambiri ndi zikhumbo zake. Gerontophilia monga ma paraphilias ena amatha kuyambira ali wachinyamata kapena akakula. Zokonda za Gerontophilic zitha kukhala zamuyaya (zongopeka kapena zokopa za paraphilic ndizofunikira kuyambitsa kudzutsidwa koyipa ndipo nthawi zonse zimakhala gawo lazogonana) kapena kuwoneka motsatizana, panthawi yamavuto mwachitsanzo. 

Monga ma paraphilias ena, gerontophilia nthawi zambiri imakhala ndi matenda osatha. Chifukwa chake zimafunikira chithandizo. 

Pali mankhwala ambiri a gerontophilia, monga a paraphilias ena. 

Mbali ziwiri zazikuluzikulu za chisamaliro ndi psychotherapies (chidziwitso-khalidwe labwino, chisamaliro cha kugonana, ndi zina zotero) ndi kasamalidwe ka mankhwala, mwachitsanzo, chithandizo choyendetsa galimoto (mankhwala ena a mlingo waukulu wa antidepressants ndi mankhwala a mahomoni antiandrogens, omwe angatengedwe kokha ndi chilolezo cha wodwala).

Psychotherapeutic management ndi pharmacological management zitha kuphatikizidwa. 

Mankhwalawa cholinga chake ndikuwongolera malingaliro ndi machitidwe a paraphilic komanso kuthandiza anthu opuwala kuphatikiza ma gerontophiles kuti aganizire mosiyana za kugonana kwawo. 

Pamene gerontophiliac akugonana ndi munthu wachikulire wovomera, ndizochitika mwalamulo, pamene ma paraphilias ena, monga pedophilia kapena voyeurism ndi zoletsedwa.