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Apr 19, 2023 · Compulsive sexual behavior is sometimes called hypersexuality or sexual addiction. It's an intense focus on sexual fantasies, urges or behaviors that can't be controlled. This causes distress and problems for your health, job, relationships or other parts of your life.
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Sex addiction refers to excessive sexual thoughts, desires, urges or behaviors that can’t be controlled and cause distress and harm to your relationships, finances and other aspects of your life. Sexual addiction is also called hypersexuality, compulsive sexual behavior and other names.
Apr 19, 2023 · Some mental health professionals consider compulsive sexual behaviors as sexual activities taken to an extreme that cause serious and damaging problems in life. More research is needed to come up with standard guidelines for diagnosis.
We have much to learn about compulsive sexual behaviors, particularly their neurobiological roots, psychological risk factors, and the impact of societal values on their emergence. For now, compulsive sexual behaviors are the extreme end of a wide range of sexual experience.
- Timothy W Fong
- 2006
CSBD manifests as a pattern of behavior involving intense preoccupation with sexual fantasies and behaviours that cause significant levels of psychological distress, are inappropriately used to cope with stress, cannot be voluntarily curtailed, and risk or cause harm to oneself or others.
Jun 1, 2023 · ICD-11. The recently published book Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder: Understanding, Assessment, and Treatment reviews the controversial diagnosis of compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD).
May 27, 2015 · Compulsive sexual behavior (CSB) is a common disorder featuring repetitive, intrusive and distressing sexual thoughts, urges and behaviors that negatively affect many aspects of an individual’s life. This article reviews the clinical characteristics of CSB, cognitive aspects of the behaviors, and treatment options.
