Are you a therapist hoping to help clients struggling with compulsive sexual behavior? Are you curious which disorders are associated, or not associated, with compulsive sexual behavior? A friend of YBOP who is a clinician recommended these studies, which he thinks might be of interest to other clinicians.
Compulsive sexual behaviour in Iranian married women: Prevalence, sociodemographic, sexual, and psychological predictors across-country
Lower education, being jobless, substance use, pornography use, paraphilic behaviors, conflict on sex frequency, relationship, orgasm and sexual dissatisfaction, higher sexual arousal, depression, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms were positively associated with CSBD.
The assessment and treatment of adult heterosexual men with self-perceived problematic pornography use: A review
Mindfulness-based therapies, specifically ACT, have provided encouraging treatment results.
Sexuality in autism: hypersexual and paraphilic behavior in women and men with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder
Individuals with ASD seem to have more hypersexual and paraphilic fantasies and behaviors than general-population studies suggest.
Compulsive Sexual Behavior and Dysregulation of Emotion
Addressing [dysregulation of emotion] may facilitate better treatment outcomes for patients with CSB.
Compulsive Sexual Behavior in Depressed Women
CSB is still under-reported and goes unrecognized.
Perspective: Can psychedelic-assisted therapy be a promising aid in compulsive sexual behavior disorder treatment?
Psychedelics might enhance therapeutic processes in the treatment of CSBD.
Management of Concurrent Bipolar I Disorder and Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder: A Case Report
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, mood stabilizers, naltrexone, and cognitive behavioral therapy can be used in combination for maximal benefit.
The Associations Between Attachment Insecurity and Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder or Problematic Pornography Use: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation Difficulties
Emotional regulation difficulties may be a useful framework for explaining the impact of attachment insecurity on CSBD/PPU.
Early-life trauma, negative and positive life events, compulsive sexual behavior disorder and risky sexual action tendencies among young women with substance use disorder
Compulsive sexual behavior mediated the association between substance use and risky sexual action tendencies.
Child Sexual Abuse and Compulsive Sexual Behavior: A Systematic Literature Review
Most studies identified a significant association between child sexual abuse and compulsive sexual behavior.
No Magic Pill: A Systematic Review of the Pharmacological Treatments for Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder
The case for pharmacotherapy for CSBD is limited and should preferably not occur outside of clinical trial contexts.
A systematic review of treatment for impulsivity and compulsivity
For compulsive sexual behavior and problematic pornography use, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has shown significant improvements in compulsivity.
How the Rise of Problematic Pornography Consumption and the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Led to a Decrease in Physical Sexual Interactions and Relationships and an Increase in Addictive Behaviors and Cluster B Personality Traits: A Meta-Analysis
During the COVID-19 pandemic, pornography consumption increased beyond the baseline. There was no significant association between other addictive disorders and cluster B personality traits with pornography consumption.
Identifying Relationships Between Difficulties with Emotion Regulation and Compulsive Sexual Behavior
This study supports the theorized impact of emotion dysregulation on CSB.
Internet-Administered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Hypersexual Disorder, With or Without Paraphilia(s) or Paraphilic Disorder(s) in Men: A Pilot Study
With Internet-administered cognitive behavioral therapy large, significant decreases in hypersexual disorder symptoms and sexual compulsivity were found, as well as moderate improvements in psychiatric well-being and paraphilic symptoms. These effects remained stable 3 months after treatment.
Depression, Compulsive Sexual Behavior, and Sexual Risk-Taking Among Urban Young Gay and Bisexual Men: The P18 Cohort Study
We found a significant positive correlation between CSB and depression and between CSB and frequency of condomless anal sex acts reported over the last 30 days.