ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2020
Pharmacotherapy of Sexual Addiction.
Review in Current psychiatry reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04923451 (Transcranial Electrical Stimulation in Sexual Addiction), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Transcranial Electrical Stimulation in Sexual Addiction: an Innovative Treatment for a Better Understanding of the Physiopathology of Craving
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- Measurement properties of patient-reported outcome measures for sexual health in the general population: a systematic review following the COSMIN 2.0 guidelines.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Pooled it
- Compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) and problematic pornography use (PPU): A comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and expert-informed narrative review with suggested future directions.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2026Review
- Naltrexone for Acute Management of Compulsive Sexual and Obsessive Symptoms in a Patient With a Neurodevelopmental Disorder.Case reports in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Integrative treatment approach to problematic sexualized drug use (Chemsex) of 3-methylmethcathinone: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Article
- Drug Therapy.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025Review
- The association of sexual frequency with cardiovascular diseases incidence and all-cause mortality.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- A Guide to Expanding the Use of Buprenorphine Beyond Standard Initiations for Opioid Use Disorder.Drugs in R&D · 2023Review
- Actual and Desired Masturbation Frequency, Sexual Distress, and Their Correlates.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Management of Concurrent Bipolar I Disorder and Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder: A Case Report.Cureus · 2023Article
- The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry guidelines on the assessment and pharmacological treatment of compulsive sexual behaviour disorder.Dialogues in clinical neuroscience · 2022Article
- First case report of tDCS efficacy in severe chemsex addiction .Dialogues in clinical neuroscience · 2020Article
- Effects of Pornography on Youth: A Review.Missouri medicineReview
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purpose of reviewWe reviewed recent data on sexual addiction and its treatment. We examined the different definitions of this disorder, related to the pathophysiological mechanisms. We addressed the pharmacological treatment of sexual addiction. RECENT
findingsHypersexual behavior can be considered an addictive disorder. Sexual addiction is accompanied by significant psychiatric and addictive comorbidities and is responsible for life impairment. A comprehensive and efficient treatment must be proposed. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors seem the first-line pharmacological treatment for sexual addiction. Naltrexone could be another therapeutic option. Psychotherapy and preferentially cognitive-behavioral therapy should be used in association with pharmacotherapy and treatments of comorbidities.
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