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Which techniques are used in psychotherapeutic interventions for nonparaphilic hypersexual behavior?

von Franqué, Fritjof, Klein, Verena, Briken, Peer·2015·Sexual Medicine Reviews
DOI 10.1002/smrj.34
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INTRODUCTION: Attempts to draw a distinction between excessive and so-called normal sexual behavior are discussed controversially. Although no consensus has been reached so far on how to label the phenomenon of clinical relevant excessive sexual behavior, Kafka proposed the term hypersexual disorder. There are only a few empirical studies on the effectiveness of treatment. In the recent systematic review by Hook and colleagues, the total number of subject-related studies amounts to only 14 studies. However, it might be difficult for mental health professionals to fully comprehend the intervention techniques used in the different studies. AIM: The present article aims at reviewing the psychotherapeutic interventions for nonparaphilic hypersexual behavior use. METHOD: Each study mentioned in the recent review by Hook et al. was analyzed with regard to the psychotherapeutic interventions that had been applied. Only studies with positive treatment outcomes were considered. From among those studies, only the interventions which seemed to be sufficiently detailed and which are related to the obvious therapeutic results in the treatment of hypersexual symptoms were chosen. Furthermore, the interventions were assigned to the proposed diagnostic criteria of the hypersexual disorder. RESULTS: The hypothesized mechanisms how certain treatment techniques could change and influence hypersexual symptoms were mostly described in an unsatisfactory way. Interventions were targeted on impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning, negative mood states, stressful life events, and lack of behavioral control. No specific interventions were included for the risk for physical or emotional harm to self or others. CONCLUSION: Future treatment approaches should explicitly formulate the etiological mechanism and contain interventions for the neglected areas. In addition, a more flexible approach in the treatment of different subgroups with hypersexual behavior might be promising. von Franqué F, Klein V, and Briken P. Which techniques are used in psychotherapeutic interventions for nonparaphilic hypersexual behavior? Sex Med Rev 2015;3:3-10.

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  • To the best of the authors' knowledge, there is no current systematic review about treatment and intervention studies on CSBD and PPU, but only narrative reviews showing that research has increased since 2015.

    “To the best of our knowledge there is no current systematic review about treatment and intervention studies on CSBD and PPU, but only narrative reviews showing that research has increased since 2015 (von Franqué, Klein, & Briken, 2015; Grubbs et al., 2020; Hook, Reid, Penberthy, Davis, & Jennings, 2014; Sniewski, Farvid, & Carter, 2018).”

    From Treatments and interventions for compulsive sexual behavior disorder with a focus on problematic pornography use: A preregistered systematic review (2022) · cites this paper as von Franqué, Klein, & Briken, 2015

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Authors
von Franqué, F., Klein, V., & Briken, P.
Affiliations
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
ORCID
Venue
Sexual Medicine Reviews
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2015-03
Volume
3
Issue
1
Pages
3-10
ISSN
  • 2050-0513 (ISSN-L)
  • 2050-0521
DOI
10.1002/smrj.34
OpenAlex
W2121557216
Cited by
32
References
32
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2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 3
FWCI
0.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Sexual Medicine Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Sexual function and dysfunction studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
Keywords
hypersexual disorder, psychotherapeutic interventions, treatment techniques, therapeutic mechanisms, sexual dysfunction, treatment outcomes, diagnostic criteria

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