Research Library List

Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder in the ICD-11

This is the single most important document for understanding why AFAR advocates for formal diagnostic recognition. The WHO acted; the DSM has not. Anyone trying to understand our classification work should start here.

World Psychiatry

Shane W. Kraus, Richard B. Krueger, Peer Briken, Michael B. First, Dan J. Stein, Meg S. Kaplan, Valerie Voon, Carmita H. N. Abdo, Jon E. Grant, Elham Atalla, Geoffrey M. Reed

February 1, 2018

Neural Correlates of Sexual Cue Reactivity in Individuals With and Without Compulsive Sexual Behaviours

One of the most cited pieces of neurobiological evidence in this field. It directly answers the common objection that compulsive sexual behaviour is just a strong sex drive.

PLOS ONE

Valerie Voon, Thomas B. Mole, Paula Banca, Laura Porter, Laurel Morris, Simon Mitchell, Tatyana R. Lapa, Judy Karr, Neil A. Harrison, Marc N. Potenza, Michael Irvine

July 11, 2014

Prevalence of Distress Associated With Difficulty Controlling Sexual Urges, Feelings, and Behaviors in the United States

The strongest US prevalence data available, and a corrective to the assumption that this is a men's issue. Roughly one in twelve American adults is affected, which reframes it as a public health question rather than a niche one.

JAMA Network Open

Janna A. Dickenson, Neil Gleason, Eli Coleman, Michael H. Miner

November 9, 2018

The Traumatic Nature of Disclosure for Wives of Sexual Addicts

This study reframed how the field understands betrayal trauma. The shift away from the co-addiction model toward a trauma model begins here, and it underpins how partners should be supported.

Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity

Barbara A. Steffens, Robyn L. Rennie

July 1, 2006

The Development of the Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale (PPCS)

Credible research needs credible measurement. The PPCS is among the most widely used validated instruments in the field, and understanding how problematic use is actually measured is essential to reading any study about it.

The Journal of Sex Research

Beáta Bőthe, István Tóth-Király, Ágnes Zsila, Mark D. Griffiths, Zsolt Demetrovics, Gábor Orosz

March 1, 2018

Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder in 42 Countries: Insights From the International Sex Survey and Introduction of Standardized Assessment Tools

Until researchers can measure the same thing the same way across countries, prevalence claims stay contested. This work provides the shared measurement foundation that makes international comparison possible.

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Beáta Bőthe, Mónika Koós, László Nagy, and colleagues

June 1, 2023