Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder: Understanding, Assessment, and Treatment - Softcover

Edited By Richard Balon; M.D.; And Peer Briken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1615372199 ISBN 13: 9781615372195

Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder: Understanding, Assessment, and Treatment is the first book to explore the new ICD-11 diagnosis, which, although controversial, is useful in defining, categorising, and classifying sexual behaviour that causes anguish and distress. Edited by clinicians at the forefront of the field, the book prioritizes both clinical utility and relevant research.

After an introduction, which offers much-needed context, the book compares sex addiction and compulsive sexual behaviour disorder (CSBD) by reviewing proposed criteria for both conditions, examines the associations between CSBD and substance use and other addictive disorders, and then moves to a chapter on CSBD and the internet, offering clinically-based insights on how to work with patients who engage compulsively in online sexual activities. The volume then proceeds to the diagnosis of hypersexual or compulsive sexual behavior in both ICD-11 and DSM-5 and describes best practices for making a comprehensive evaluation, including conducting the clinical interview and the use of relevant assessment tools. This is followed by a review of the different pharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches available to treating clinicians.

Special topics include a discussion of existing research on compulsive sexual behavior in women, an area of inquiry that has been badly neglected, as well as the forensic aspects and associated risks of hypersexuality and the religious and cultural influences related to CSBD.

Hypersexuality afflicts many, disrupting lives and hampering true intimacy. Drawing on cutting-edge research and clinical wisdom, Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder: Understanding, Assessment, and Treatment equips practitioners to engage and treat these complex cases

About this title

About the Author

Richard Balon. M.D, is a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and Anesthesiology at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan.

Peer Briken. M.D., is Professor and Director of the Institute for Sex Research, Sexual Medicine, and Forensic Psychiatry at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germany.

From the Back Cover

Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder: Understanding, Assessment, and Treatment is the first book to explore the new ICD-11 diagnosis, which, although controversial, is useful in defining, categorizing, and classifying sexual behavior that causes anguish and distress. Edited by clinicians and clinical researchers at the forefront of the field, the book prioritizes both clinical utility and relevant research. After an introduction, which offers much-needed context, the book compares sexual addiction and compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) by reviewing proposed criteria for both conditions, examines the associations between CSBD and substance use and other addictive disorders, and then moves to a chapter on CSBD and the internet, offering clinically-based insights on how to work with patients who engage compulsively in online sexual activities. The volume then proceeds to the diagnosis of hypersexual or compulsive sexual behavior in both ICD-11 and DSM-5 and describes best practices for making a comprehensive evaluation, including conducting the clinical interview and the use of relevant assessment tools. This is followed by a review of the different pharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches available to treating clinicians. Special topics include a discussion of existing research on compulsive sexual behavior in women--an area of inquiry that has been badly neglected--as well as the forensic aspects and associated risks of hypersexuality and the religious and cultural influences related to CSBD.

Drawing on cutting-edge research and clinical wisdom, Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder: Understanding, Assessment, and Treatment equips practitioners to engage and treat patients with these complex problems.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1615372199
• ISBN 13: 9781615372195
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 175
• Editor: Balon, Richard, Briken MD, Peer