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WHO classifies compulsive sexual behavior as mental health condition | CNN
For the first time, compulsive sexual behavior – commonly called sex addiction – is classified as a mental health disorder on the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases list – a decision not without controversy.
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Understanding and managing compulsive sexual behaviors
Compulsive sexual behavior, otherwise known as sexual addiction, is an emerging psychiatric disorder that has significant medical and psychiatric consequences. Until rece …
Neural correlates of sexual cue reactivity in individuals with and without compulsive sexual behaviours
Although compulsive sexual behaviour (CSB) has been conceptualized as a "behavioural" addiction and common or overlapping neural circuits may govern the processing of nat …
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