INTRODUCTION Nowadays women constitute one third of all addicts. In the last decade, there has been a remarkable growth in scientific interest in biochemical and psychosocial aspects of women's addiction. Many researches point out the specific character of women's addiction. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to assess and compare psychosocial aspects, including the sociodemographic character...

In other words, during development masturbation is normally replaced by adult sexual satisfaction, but where it is not it may be substituted by (another) addiction. These are quintessentially Freudian claims, museum-quality examples of the type. For that reason, perhaps, they are all too easily dismissed by addiction researchers today. If readers are willing to suspend judgment for a moment, th...

Abstract Excessive problematic sexual behavior in the form of compulsive disorder (CSBD), hypersexuality (HS), and sex addiction has gained increasing credibility recent years led to development various psychometric instruments assess such behavior. However, there is still considerable controversy over operational definition concepts whether they can be used interchangeably describe One recentl...

During past decades, researchers and clinicians have acknowledged the cooccurrence of substance and behavioral addictions (excessive food intake, sexual activities, Internet use, gambling, exercise, and shopping). It has for example been shown that clients who attain abstinence from substances instead might “switch addiction” and develop excessive gambling [1, 2]. It has also been shown that cl...

The Internet provides a large source of novel and rewarding stimuli, particularly with respect to sexually explicit materials. Novelty-seeking and cue-conditioning are fundamental processes underlying preference and approach behaviors implicated in disorders of addiction. Here we examine these processes in individuals with compulsive sexual behaviors (CSB), hypothesizing a greater preference fo...

Background: Fetishism is a type of paraphilia. The focus of sexual arousal in fetishism is oriented towards inanimate objects. Sexual arousal and craving are some of the reasons the youth resort to crystal (glass). Drug abuse may cause disorders in sexual function. Case Report: The patient was a 41 years old man. He married in age 22 years and experienced frequent intercourses with his wife fro...