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Addictive sex behavior

MedGen UID:
1049844
Concept ID:
CN375765
Finding
Synonym: Sex addiction
 
HPO: HP:5200335

Definition

Inability to control or manage sexual urges, fantasies, or behaviors that impair one's ability to function. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAddictive sex behavior

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Wölfling K, Müller KW, Dreier M, Ruckes C, Deuster O, Batra A, Mann K, Musalek M, Schuster A, Lemenager T, Hanke S, Beutel ME
JAMA Psychiatry 2019 Oct 1;76(10):1018-1025. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.1676. PMID: 31290948Free PMC Article
Wéry A, Billieux J
Addict Behav 2017 Jan;64:238-246. Epub 2015 Nov 29 doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.11.007. PMID: 26646983
Yau YH, Potenza MN
Harv Rev Psychiatry 2015 Mar-Apr;23(2):134-46. doi: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000051. PMID: 25747926Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Kokka I, Mourikis I, Nicolaides NC, Darviri C, Chrousos GP, Kanaka-Gantenbein C, Bacopoulou F
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021 Jan 18;18(2) doi: 10.3390/ijerph18020760. PMID: 33477410Free PMC Article
Goslar M, Leibetseder M, Muench HM, Hofmann SG, Laireiter AR
J Behav Addict 2020 Apr 1;9(1):14-43. doi: 10.1556/2006.2020.00005. PMID: 32359229Free PMC Article
Petry NM, Zajac K, Ginley MK
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 2018 May 7;14:399-423. doi: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-032816-045120. PMID: 29734827Free PMC Article
Duffy A, Dawson DL, das Nair R
J Sex Med 2016 May;13(5):760-77. doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.03.002. PMID: 27114191
Kuzma JM, Black DW
Curr Psychiatry Rep 2004 Feb;6(1):58-65. doi: 10.1007/s11920-004-0040-x. PMID: 14738707

Diagnosis

Elvig SK, McGinn MA, Smith C, Arends MA, Koob GF, Vendruscolo LF
Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2021 May;204:173155. Epub 2021 Feb 23 doi: 10.1016/j.pbb.2021.173155. PMID: 33631255Free PMC Article
Petry NM, Zajac K, Ginley MK
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 2018 May 7;14:399-423. doi: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-032816-045120. PMID: 29734827Free PMC Article
Grant JE, Chamberlain SR
CNS Spectr 2016 Aug;21(4):300-3. Epub 2016 May 6 doi: 10.1017/S1092852916000183. PMID: 27151528Free PMC Article
Duffy A, Dawson DL, das Nair R
J Sex Med 2016 May;13(5):760-77. doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.03.002. PMID: 27114191
Yau YH, Potenza MN
Harv Rev Psychiatry 2015 Mar-Apr;23(2):134-46. doi: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000051. PMID: 25747926Free PMC Article

Therapy

Thibaut F, Cosyns P, Fedoroff JP, Briken P, Goethals K, Bradford JMW; WFSBP Task Force on Paraphilias
World J Biol Psychiatry 2020 Jul;21(6):412-490. Epub 2020 May 26 doi: 10.1080/15622975.2020.1744723. PMID: 32452729
Wölfling K, Müller KW, Dreier M, Ruckes C, Deuster O, Batra A, Mann K, Musalek M, Schuster A, Lemenager T, Hanke S, Beutel ME
JAMA Psychiatry 2019 Oct 1;76(10):1018-1025. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.1676. PMID: 31290948Free PMC Article
Xiao LJ, Tao R
Adv Exp Med Biol 2017;1010:281-293. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-5562-1_14. PMID: 29098678
Kuzma JM, Black DW
Curr Psychiatry Rep 2004 Feb;6(1):58-65. doi: 10.1007/s11920-004-0040-x. PMID: 14738707
Hollander E, Rosen J
J Psychopharmacol 2000;14(2 Suppl 1):S39-44. doi: 10.1177/02698811000142S106. PMID: 10888030

Prognosis

Fischer-Grote L, Kothgassner OD, Felnhofer A
Neuropsychiatr 2019 Dec;33(4):179-190. Epub 2019 Sep 6 doi: 10.1007/s40211-019-00319-8. PMID: 31493233Free PMC Article
Wölfling K, Müller KW, Dreier M, Ruckes C, Deuster O, Batra A, Mann K, Musalek M, Schuster A, Lemenager T, Hanke S, Beutel ME
JAMA Psychiatry 2019 Oct 1;76(10):1018-1025. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.1676. PMID: 31290948Free PMC Article
van den Eijnden R, Koning I, Doornwaard S, van Gurp F, Ter Bogt T
J Behav Addict 2018 Sep 1;7(3):697-706. Epub 2018 Sep 28 doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.65. PMID: 30264607Free PMC Article
Andreassen CS, Pallesen S, Griffiths MD
Addict Behav 2017 Jan;64:287-293. Epub 2016 Mar 19 doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.03.006. PMID: 27072491
Schulte EM, Avena NM, Gearhardt AN
PLoS One 2015;10(2):e0117959. Epub 2015 Feb 18 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117959. PMID: 25692302Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Foo JC, Skorodumov I, Spanagel R, Meinhardt MW
Biol Sex Differ 2023 Jul 7;14(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s13293-023-00529-4. PMID: 37420305Free PMC Article
van den Eijnden R, Koning I, Doornwaard S, van Gurp F, Ter Bogt T
J Behav Addict 2018 Sep 1;7(3):697-706. Epub 2018 Sep 28 doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.65. PMID: 30264607Free PMC Article
Xuan B, Li P, Yang L, Li M, Zhou J
Adv Exp Med Biol 2017;1010:133-168. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-5562-1_8. PMID: 29098672
Andreassen CS, Pallesen S, Griffiths MD
Addict Behav 2017 Jan;64:287-293. Epub 2016 Mar 19 doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.03.006. PMID: 27072491
Schulte EM, Avena NM, Gearhardt AN
PLoS One 2015;10(2):e0117959. Epub 2015 Feb 18 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117959. PMID: 25692302Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Römer SS, Bliokas V, Teo JT, Thomas SJ
Appetite 2023 Apr 1;183:106475. Epub 2023 Jan 27 doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2023.106475. PMID: 36716820
Grant Weinandy JT, Lee B, Hoagland KC, Grubbs JB, Bőthe B
J Sex Res 2023 May;60(4):545-557. Epub 2022 Apr 28 doi: 10.1080/00224499.2022.2066616. PMID: 35482896
Bozzola E, Spina G, Agostiniani R, Barni S, Russo R, Scarpato E, Di Mauro A, Di Stefano AV, Caruso C, Corsello G, Staiano A
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Aug 12;19(16) doi: 10.3390/ijerph19169960. PMID: 36011593Free PMC Article
Kokka I, Mourikis I, Nicolaides NC, Darviri C, Chrousos GP, Kanaka-Gantenbein C, Bacopoulou F
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021 Jan 18;18(2) doi: 10.3390/ijerph18020760. PMID: 33477410Free PMC Article
Duffy A, Dawson DL, das Nair R
J Sex Med 2016 May;13(5):760-77. doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.03.002. PMID: 27114191

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