UNLABELLED The potential adverse consequences, personal distress, shame and guilt presented by patients who suffer from sexual addiction require a more in-depth understanding of the phenomenology and psychobiology of this disorder. METHODS A bibliographic review was conducted using MEDLINE and EBSCO databases with the following keywords: "sexual addiction," "hypersexuality," "compulsive sexua...

Controversies exist about the diagnostic concept of “sexual addiction.” The aim of this study was to investigate if German specialized sex therapists are confronted with patients who possess sexual addiction symptoms and to obtain information about diagnoses, comorbidity and treatment. A 12-item questionnaire was sent to all members of the German Society of Sex Research asking them about diagno...

BACKGROUND Risky sexual behavior (RSB), addiction, and aggression are three important personal and social factors which influence each other. OBJECTIVE To overview the potential relationship among RSB, addiction, and aggression to conduct an interactive model for the pathology and management of human behavior. METHODS This review article was carried out by searching studies in PubMed, Medli...

BACKGROUND The number of internet users is increasing rapidly and internet addiction among adolescents has become a serious public health problem in Korea. In the light of behavioral addiction, this study was aimed to identify the associations between the risk of internet addiction and other problem behaviors which can lead to addiction, such as cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking, drug abuse, ...

background increased prevalent use of methamphetamine is a global public challenge. information on drug use can be helpful in preventing high-risk behavior related to drug abuse. objectives this study aims to investigate the sexual function changes related to methamphetamine use in the male clients of public and private addiction treatment centers. patients and methods in this qualitative study...

Introduction In western medicine emerging research evidence suggests a distinct psychological/biological phenomenon that manifests itself in ‘out of control’ sexual behaviour. Historically, this behaviour has been described as hypersexuality and compulsive sexual behaviour. Recently it is popularly called ‘sexual addiction’. The aim of this study is to obtain a clear understanding of the diagno...

Research has proliferated on sexual addiction in recent years, and this has led to an increase in the instruments created to measure this construct. The authors review 17 instruments that have been created to assess sexual addiction, including self-report rating scales, self-report checklists, and clinician rating scales measuring symptoms of sexual addiction, as well as self-report rating scal...