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Assessment and treatment of compulsive sexual behavior disorder: a sexual medicine perspective.
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- Striato-limbic and frontoparietal dysfunction underlying imbalance of reward-motivation and cognitive control in compulsive sexual behaviour disorder: A neuroimaging meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2026Pooled it
- Investigating the Role of Psychosocial and Values-Based Factors in Problematic Pornography Use.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Clinical Description and Sociodemographic Profile of Individuals with Cybersex Addiction in Long-Term Therapeutic Support Programs.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Semi-Structured Clinical Interview for the Assessment of Compulsive Sexual Behavior (SSCI-CSB): Development, Reliability, and Validity.Journal of clinical psychology · 2026Article
- Motivational, emotional, and cognitive profiles of dysregulated sexual behavior: a multilevel exploratory study.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- 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
- Identity under threat: internal conflict and stigma in undetected child sexual abuse material users.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Alcohol and cannabis use severity in relation to compulsive sexual behavior and problematic pornography use in a non-clinical sample: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- A Pragmatic Approach to Sexual Health in Movement Disorders.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2025Review
- Global research status and trends of compulsive sexual behavior disorder: A comprehensive bibliometric analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Review
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- Recommendations for Diagnosing and Quantifying treatment outcomes in clinical trials of compulsive sexual behavior disorder.Addictive behaviors reports · 2025Review
- Identification and comprehensive characterization of moral disapproval and behavioral dysregulation-based pornography-use profiles across 42 countries.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
- My secret life as a sex addict: How I repaired the damage.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Review
- Asian cultural values and help-seeking: a cross-sectional study on compulsive sexual behavior.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The Sacred, the Sinful, and the Shamed: The Association Between Compulsive Sexual Behavior, Moral Disapproval, and Sexual Shame Among Jewish Religious Adolescents.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025Article
- The Role of Attachment, Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Gender in Men and Women with Compulsive Sexual Behavior Symptoms.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025Article
- The PornLoS Treatment Program: Study protocol of a new psychotherapeutic approach for treating pornography use disorder.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionThe addition of compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) into the ICD-11 chapter on mental, behavioral, or neurodevelopmental disorders has greatly stimulated research and controversy around compulsive sexual behavior, or what has been termed "hypersexual disorder," "sexual addiction," "porn addiction," "sexual compulsivity," and "out-of-control sexual behavior."
objectivesTo identify where concerns exist from the perspective of sexual medicine and what can be done to resolve them.
methodsA scientific review committee convened by the International Society for Sexual Medicine reviewed pertinent literature and discussed clinical research and experience related to CSBD diagnoses and misdiagnoses, pathologizing nonheteronormative sexual behavior, basic research on potential underlying causes of CSBD, its relationship to paraphilic disorder, and its potential sexual health consequences. The panel used a modified Delphi method to reach consensus on these issues.
resultsCSBD was differentiated from other sexual activity on the basis of the ICD-11 diagnostic criteria, and issues regarding sexual medicine and sexual health were identified. Concerns were raised about self-labeling processes, attitudes hostile to sexual pleasure, pathologizing of nonheteronormative sexual behavior and high sexual desire, mixing of normative attitudes with clinical distress, and the belief that masturbation and pornography use represent "unhealthy" sexual behavior. A guide to CSBD case formulation and care/treatment recommendations was proposed.
conclusionsClinical sexologic and sexual medicine expertise for the diagnosis and treatment of CSBD in the psychiatric-psychotherapeutic context is imperative to differentiate and understand the determinants and impact of CSBD and related "out-of-control sexual behaviors" on mental and sexual well-being, to detect forensically relevant and nonrelevant forms, and to refine best practices in care and treatment. Evidence-based, sexual medicine-informed therapies should be offered to achieve a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and the possibility of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences.
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