Most people use the Internet as a functional tool to perform their personal goals in everyday-
life such as making airline or hotel reservations. However, some individuals suffer from a�…

In the last few years, there has been a wave of articles related to behavioral addictions;
some of them have a focus on online pornography addiction. However, despite all efforts, we�…

Among the important changes in the ICD‐11 is the addition of 21 new mental disorders. New
categories are typically proposed to: a) improve the usefulness of morbidity statistics; b)�…

The notion of problematic pornography use remains contentious in both academic and
popular literature. Although the mental health community at large is divided as to the�…

Abstract In 1998, Gold and Heffner authored a landmark review in Clinical Psychology
Review on the topic of sexual addiction that concluded that sexual addiction, though�…

As the COVID-19 spread globally, social distancing, self-isolation/quarantine, and national
lockdowns have become crucial to control the pandemic. However, these measures may�…

Aims To review the evidence base for classifying compulsive sexual behavior (CSB) as a
non‐substance or 'behavioral'addiction. Methods Data from multiple domains (eg�…

Background Previously, variable-centered analytic approaches showed positive, weak-to-
moderate associations between frequency of pornography use (FPU) and problematic�…

Although compulsive sexual behaviour (CSB) has been conceptualized as a “behavioural”
addiction and common or overlapping neural circuits may govern the processing of natural�…

In this article, I describe the motivation-facilitation model of sexual offending, which identifies
the traits of paraphilia, high sex drive, and intense mating effort as primary motivations for�…