Problematic hypersexuality: A review of conceptualization and diagnosis

Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 284-310

  Kingston, Drew A ^a   Firestone, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049179063     PISSN: 10720162     EISSN: 15325318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10720160802289249     Document Type: Review

References (95)

1. Abramowitz, A. and Berenbaum, H. (2007) Emotional triggers and their relation to impulsive and compulsive psychopathology. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, pp. 1356-1365.
2. Adams, K. M. and Robinson, D. W. (2001) Shame reduction, affect regulation, and sexual boundary development: Essential building blocks of sexual addiction treatment. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 8, pp. 23-44.
3. American Psychiatric Association (2000) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders,, Author, Washington, DC
4. Antony, M. M. and Barlow, D. H. (2002) Specific phobias. Anxiety and its disorders,, pp. 380-417. Guilford, New York
5. Bancroft, J. and Vukadinovic, Z. (2004) Sexual addiction, sexual compulsivity, sexual impulsivity, or what? Toward a theoretical model. The Journal of Sex Research, 41, pp. 225-234.
6. Barth, R. J. and Kinder, B. N. (1987) The mislabeling of sexual impulsivity. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 13, pp. 15-23.
7. Beck, J., Bialy, M. and Kostowski, W. (2002) Effects of D(1) receptor agonist SKF38393 on male rat sexual behaviour and postcopulatory departure in the goal compartment-runaway paradigm. Physiology and Behaviour, 76, pp. 91-97.
8. Black, D. W. (2000) The epidemiology and phenomenology of compulsive sexual behavior. CNS Spectrums, 5, pp. 26-72.
9. Black, D. W., Kehrberg, L. L. D., Flumerfelt, D. L. and Schlosser, S. S. (1997) Characteristics of 36 subjects reporting compulsive sexual behaviors. American Journal of Psychiatry, 154, pp. 243-249.
10. Blanchard, G. (1990) Differential diagnosis of sex offenders: Distinguishing characteristics of the sex addict. American Journal of Preventive Psychiatry and Neurology, 2, pp. 45-47.
11. Briken, P., Habermann, N., Berner, W. and Hill, A. (2007) Diagnosis and treatment of sexual addiction: A survey among German sex therapists. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 14, pp. 131-143.
12. Carnes, P. (1983) Out of the shadows: Understanding sexual addiction, CompCare, Minneapolis, MN
13. Carnes, P. (1989) Contrary to love: Helping the sexual addict, CompCare, Minneapolis, MN
14. Carnes, P. (1991) Don't call it love: Recovery from sexual addiction, Bantam Books, New York
15. Carnes, P. (1996) Addiction or compulsion: Politics or illness?. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 3, pp. 127-150.
16. Claes, L., Nederkoom, C., Vandereycken, W., Guerrieri, R. and Vertommen, H. (2006) Impulsiveness and lack of inhibitory control in eating disorders. Eating Behaviors, 7, pp. 196-203.
17. Claes, L., Vandereycken, W. and Vertommen, H. (2002) Impulsive and compulsive traits in eating disordered patients compared with controls. Personality and Individual Differences, 32, pp. 707-714.
18. Coleman, E. (1987) Sexual compulsivity: Definition, etiology, and treatment considerations. Journal of Chemical Dependency Treatment, 1, pp. 189-204.
19. Coleman, E. (1990) The obsessive-compulsive model for describing compulsive sexual behavior. American Journal of Preventive Psychiatry and Neurology, 2, pp. 9-14.
20. Coleman, E. (1992) Is your patient suffering from compulsive sexual behavior?. Psychiatric Annals, 22, pp. 320-325.
21. Dominguez, J. M. and Hull, E. M. (2005) Dopamine, the medial preoptic area, and male sexual behaviour. Physiology and Behaviour, 86, pp. 356-368.
22. Ferrao, Y. A., Almeida, V. P., Bedin, N. R., Rosa, R. and Busnello, E. D. (2006) Impulsivity and compulsivity in patients with trichotillomania or skin picking compared with patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 47, pp. 282-288.
23. Finlayson, A. J. R., Sealy, J. and Martin, P. R. (2001) The differential diagnosis of problematic hypersexuality. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 8, pp. 241-251.
24. Firestone, P., Kingston, D. A., Wexler, A. and Bradford, J. M. (2006) Long term follow-up of exhibitionists: Psychological, phallometric and offence characteristics. The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 34, pp. 349-359.
25. Giles, J. (2006) No such thing as excessive levels of sexual behavior. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 35, pp. 641-642.
26. Gold, S. N. and Heffner, C. L. (1998) Sexual addiction: Many conceptions, minimal data. Clinical Psychology Review, 18, pp. 367-381.
27. Goodman, A. (1993) Diagnosis and treatment of sexual addiction. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 18, pp. 303-314.
28. Goodman, A. (1998) Sexual addiction: An integrated approach, International Universities Press, Madison, U. S. A.
29. Grant, J. E. and Potenza, M. N. (2006) Compulsive aspects of impulse-control disorders. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 29, pp. 539-551.
30. Grant, J. E. and Steinberg, M. A. (2005) Compulsive sexual behavior and pathological gambling. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 12, pp. 235-244.
31. Hollander, E., Friedberg, J. P., Wasserman, S., Yeh, C. -C. and Iyengar, R. (2005) The case for the OCD spectrum. Concepts and controversies in obsessive-compulsive disorder, pp. 95-118. Springer, New York
32. Hollander, E. and Rosen, J. (2002) Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders: A review. Obsessive compulsive disorder,, pp. 203-224. Wiley, West Sussex
33. Hull, E. M., Muschamp, J. W. and Sato, S. (2004) Dopamine and serotonin: Influences on male sexual behaviour. Physiology and Behaviour, 83, pp. 291-307.
34. Hyde, J. S., Delamater, J. D. and Byers, E. S. (2004) Understanding human sexuality,, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Toronto
35. Insel, T. R. (2003) Is social attachment an addictive disorder?. Physiology & Behavior, 79, pp. 351-357.
36. Janus, S. S. and Janus, C. (1993) The Janus Report on sexual behavior, Wiley, New York
37. Jaisoorya, T. S., Reddy, Y. C. and Srinath, S. (2003) The relationship of obsessive-compulsive disorder to putative spectrum disorders: Results from an Indian study. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 44, pp. 317-323.
38. Joranby, L., Pineda, K. F. and Gold, M. S. (2005) Addiction to food and brain reward systems. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 12, pp. 201-218.
39. Kafka, M. P. (1997) Hypersexual desire disorder in males: An operational definition and clinical implications for males with paraphilias and paraphilia-related disorders. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 26, pp. 505-526.
40. Kafka, M. P. (2001) The paraphilia-related disorders: A proposal for a unified classification of nonparaphilic hypersexuality disorders. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 8, pp. 227-239.
41. Kafka, M. P. (2003) The monoamine hypothesis for the pathophysiology of paraphilic disorders: An update. Annual New York Academy of Sciences, 989, pp. 86-94.
42. Kafka, M. P. (2007) Paraphilia-related disorders: The evaluation and treatment of nonparaphilic hypersexuality. Principles and practices of sex therapy,, pp. 442-476. The Guilford Press, New York
43. Kafka, M. P. and Hennen, J. (1999) The paraphilia-related disorders: An empirical investigation of nonparaphilic hypersexuality disorders in 206 outpatient males. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 25, pp. 305-319.
44. Kafka, M. P. and Hennen, J. (2003) Hypersexual desire in males: Are males with paraphilias different from males with paraphilia-related disorders?. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 15, pp. 307-321.
45. Kalichman, S. C. and Rompa, D. (2001) The sexual compulsivity scale: Further development and use with HIV-positive persons. Journal of Personality Assessment, 76, pp. 379-395.
46. Keane, H. (2004) Disorders of desire: Addiction and problems of intimacy. Journal of Medical Humanities, 25, pp. 189-204.
47. Kingston, D. A., Firestone, P., Moulden, H. M. and Bradford, J. M. (2007) The utility of the diagnosis of pedophilia. A comparison of various classification procedures. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36, pp. 423-436.
48. Kingston, D. A. and Yates, P. M. (2008) Sexual sadism: Assessment and treatment. Sexual deviance: Theory, assessment, and treatment,, pp. 231-249. The Guilford Press, New York, NY
49. Kinsey, A. C., Pomeroy, W. B. and Martin, C. E. (1948) Sexual behavior in the human male, W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA
50. Koob, G. F. (2006) The neurobiology of addiction: A hedonic Calvinist view. Rethinking substance abuse: What the science shows and what we should do about it, pp. 25-45. The Guilford Press, New York
51. Koob, G. F., Sanna, P. P. and Bloom, F. E. (1998) Neuroscience of addiction. Neuron, 21, pp. 467-476.
52. Krafft-Ebing, R. (1988) Psychopathia sexualis, Putnam, New York
53. Långstrom, N. and Hanson, R. K. (2006) High rates of sexual behavior in the general population: Correlates and predictors. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 35, pp. 37-52.
54. Laumann, E. O., Gagnon, J. H., Michael, R. T. and Michaels, S. (1994) The social organization of sexuality: Sexual practices in the United States, University of Chicago, Chicago
55. Levine, M. P. and Troiden, R. R. (1998) The myth of sexual compulsivity. The Journal of Sex Research, 25, pp. 347-363.
56. Lubman, D. I., Yucel, M. and Pantelis, C. (2004) Addiction, a condition of compulsive behavior? Neuroimaging and neuropsychological evidence of inhibitory dysregulation. Addiction, 99, pp. 1491-1502.
57. Maccallum, F., Blaszczynski, A., Ladouceur, R. and Nower, L. (2007) Functional and dysfunctional impulsivity in pathological gambling. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, pp. 1829-1838.
58. Manley, G. and Koehler, J. (2001) Sexual behavior disorders: Proposed new classification in the DSM-V. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 8, pp. 253-265.
59. Marlatt, G. A. (1982) Relapse prevention: A self-control program for the treatment of addictive behaviors. Adherence, compliance, and generalization in behavioral medicine, pp. 329-378. Brunner/Mazel, New York, NY
60. Marlatt, G. A. (1985) Relapse prevention: Theoretical rationale and overview of the model. Relapse prevention: Maintenance strategies in the treatment of addictive behaviors, pp. 3-70. Guilford, New York
61. Marshall, L. E. and Marshall, W. L. (2006) Sexual addiction in incarcerated sexual offenders. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 13, pp. 377-390.
62. Marshall, W. L. (1997) Pedophilia: Psychopathology and theory. Sexual deviance: Theory, assessment, and treatment, pp. 152-174. Guilford Press, New York
63. Matsunaga, H., Kiriike, N., Matsui, T., Oya, K., Okino, K. and Stein, D. J. (2005) Impulsive disorders in Japanese adult patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 46, pp. 43-49.
64. Moeller, F. G., Barratt, E. S., Dougherty, D. M., Schmitz, J. M. and Swann, A. C. (2001) Psychiatric aspects of impulsivity. American Journal of Psychiatry, 158, pp. 1783-1793.
65. Moeller, F. G. and Dougherty, D. M. (2002) Impulsivity and substance abuse: What is the connection?. Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment, 1, pp. 3-10.
66. Naranjo, C. A. and Knoke, D. M. (2001) The role of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in reducing alcohol consumption. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 62, pp. 18-25.
67. O'Brien, C. P., Volkow, N. and Li, T-K. (2006) What's in a word? Addiction versus dependence in DSM-V. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163, pp. 764-765.
68. (1996) Impulsivity and compulsivity, American Psychiatric Press, Washington
69. Peele, S. (1998) The results for drug reform goals of shifting from interdiction/punishment to treatment. International Journal of Drug Policy, 9, pp. 43-56.
70. Plant, M. and Plant, M. (2003) Sex addiction: A comparison with dependence on psychoactive drugs. Journal of Substance Use, 8, pp. 260-266.
71. Potenza, M. N. (2006) Should addictive disorders include non-substance-related conditions?. Addiction, 101, pp. 142-151.
72. Quadland, M. C. (1985) Compulsive sexual behavior: Definition of a problem and an approach to treatment. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 11, pp. 121-132.
73. Raymond, N. C., Coleman, E. and Miner, M. H. (2003) Psychiatric comorbidity and compulsive/impulsive traits in compulsive sexual behavior. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 44, pp. 370-380.
74. Rinehart, N. J. and McCabe, M. P. (1997) Hypersexuality: Psychopathology or normal variant of sexuality. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 12, pp. 45-60.
75. Rush, B. Medical inquiries and observations upon the diseases of the mind, Kimber & Richardson, Philadelphia
76. Schmitz, J. M. (2005) The interface between impulse-control disorders and addictions: Are pleasure pathway responses shared neurobiological substrates?. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 12, pp. 149-168.
77. Schneider, J. P. (2004) Understanding and diagnosing sex addiction. Handbook of addictive disorders: A practical guide to diagnosis and treatment, pp. 197-232. Wiley, Hoboken, New Jersey
78. Schneider, J. P. and Irons, R. (1996) Differential diagnosis of addictive sexual disorders using the DSM-IV. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 3, pp. 7-21.
79. Schulz, K. M., Richardson, H. N., Romeo, R. D., Morris, J. A., Lookingland, K. J. and Sisk, C. L. (2003) Medial preoptic area dopaminergic responses to female pheromones develop during puberty in the male Syrian hamster. Brain Research, 988, pp. 139-145.
80. Schwartz, S. A. and Abramowitz, J. S. (2003) Are nonparaphilic sexual addictions a variant of obsessive-compulsive disorder? A pilot study. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 10, pp. 373-378.
81. Schwartz, S. A. and Abramowitz, J. S. (2005) Contrasting nonparaphilic sexual addictions and OCD. Concepts and controversies in obsessive-compulsive disorder, pp. 177-184. Springer, New York
82. Shaffer, H. J. (1994) Considering two models of excessive sexual behaviors: Addiction and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 1, pp. 6-18.
83. Shapiro, M. A., Chang, Y. L., Munson, S. K., Okun, M. S. and Fernandez, H. H. (2006) Hypersexuality and paraphilia induced by selegiline in Parkinson's disease: Report of 2 cases. Parkinsonism Related Disorders, 12, pp. 392-395.
84. Simons, J. S. and Carey, M. P. (2001) Prevalence of sexual dysfunctions: Results from a decade of research. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 30, pp. 177-219.
85. Solla, P., Floris, G., Tacconi, P. and Cannas, A. (2006) Paraphilic behaviours in a parkinsonian patient with hedonistic homeostatic dysregulation. International. Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 9, pp. 767-768.
86. Spitzer, R. L. and Wakefield, J. C. (1999) DSM-IV diagnostic criterion for clinical significance: Does it help solve the false positive problem?. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156, pp. 1856-1864.
87. Ståhlbrandt, H., Johnsson, K. O. and Berglund, M. (2007) Two-year outcome of alcohol interventions in Swedish University halls of residence: A cluster randomized trial of a brief skills training program, twelve-step-influenced intervention, and controls. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31, pp. 458-466.
88. Stein, D. J. and Lochner, C. (2006) Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders: A multidimensional approach. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 29, pp. 343-351.
89. Swerdlow, N. R. (2002) Blurry spectrum disorders. Obsessive-compulsive disorder,, pp. 235-238. Wiley, West Sussex
90. Tellegen, A. (1992) Structures of mood and personality and their relevance to assessing anxiety, with an emphasis on self-report. Anxiety and the anxiety disorders, pp. 681-706. Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ
91. Walters, G. D. (2002) Twelve reasons why we need to find alternatives to Alcoholics Anonymous. Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment, 1, pp. 53-59.
92. Ward, T., Polaschek, D. and Beech, T. (2006) Theories of sexual offending, John Wiley & Sons, London
93. Ward, T. and Stewart, C. A. (2003) The treatment of sex offenders: Risk management and good lives. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 34, pp. 353-360.
94. Ward, T., Yates, P. M. and Long, C. A. (2006) The self-regulation model of the offence and relapse process: A manual, Pacific Psychological Assessment Corporation
95. World Health Organization (1992) International classification of diseases and related health problems,, WHO, Geneva