Promoting educational, classification, treatment, and policy initiatives
Promoting educational, classification, treatment, and policy initiatives
Commentary on: Compulsive sexual behaviour disorder in the ICD-11 (Kraus et al., 2018)
Author(s): Mateusz Gola, Marc N. PotenzaSubject(s): Social psychology and group interaction, Clinical psychology
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: compulsive sexual behavior; hypersexual disorder; sex addiction; problematic pornography use; ICD-11
Summary/Abstract: The letter by Kraus et al. (2018) published recently in World Psychiatry presents diagnostic criteria for compulsive sexual behaviors (CSBs). Here, we discuss the potential impact of including CSB disorder in ICD-11 for four areas: educational efforts related to CSB (for both clinicians and patients), investigation of underlying mechanisms and subtypes, development of personalized treatment frameworks, and answering socially important questions and advancing important prevention efforts and effective policies. Each of these four areas has their own challenges that should be addressed, and we briefly describe and discuss them. We hope that this information will help continue a dialog and provide a framework for moving forward in this area.
Journal: Journal of Behavioral Addictions
- Issue Year: 7/2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 208-210
- Page Count: 3
- Language: English