Paraphilic Thoughts, Behaviors and Sex Addiction in a Sample of Persons Who Use Drugs: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

The high prevalence of paraphilic thoughts/behaviors with or without sex addiction in persons who use drugs may be related to the experience of physical and emotional neglect during childhood and this possibility should routinely be investigated in clinical practice.

Sexual Addiction, Hypersexual Behavior and Relative Psychological Dynamics during the Period of Social Distancing and Stay-at-Home Policies Due to COVID-19

“…SAST was designed to measure mainly the symptoms of Sexual Addiction, but also sexual concern, the signs and symptoms of poor sexual control and problems related to hyper-sexual behavior. SAST scores range from 0 to 25, and a score of 13 or greater suggests the presence of Sexual Addiction, and it is composed of four factors: 1—Loss of control; 2—Addiction symptoms; 3—Functional impairment; 4—Subject’s worry about getting caught [ 19 ]. The SAST is considered a reliable and valid screening for Sexual Addiction with cronbach’s α and Ω of the total score 0.93 in the paper-and-pencil format and 0.96 in the online version [ 26 ].…”

“…The psychological literature interprets this technological change as an escalation and expansion of risk as people who, most likely, in the absence of hyper-stimulation would not have developed an addiction, find themselves being invaded by new forms of sexual imagination and perverse fantasy that threaten real-life relationships [ 13 ]. Sex addict behavioral disorders can be paraphilic or nonparaphilic, where the paraphilic refers to a sexual arousal that the subject feels towards objects, actions or situations considered unconventional [ 19 ]. The most common paraphilias are: exhibitionism, frotteurism, voyeurism.…”

A Young Man with Substance Abuse and Comorbidity of Multiple Paraphilia: A Case Report

“…Paraphilia previously known as sexual perversion and sexual deviation, includes zoophilia, sexual sadism, exhibitionism, and pedophilia etc (3). Paraphilia often leads to misery and clinically significant damages and eventually results in important ethical and public health problems (5). As a result, the treatment of paraphilia is of prominent importance to be considered.…”

Associação de traços de transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo e/ou de transtorno de personalidade obsessivo-compulsiva com traços de parafilias e/ou de transtornos parafílicos em alunas de uma faculdade de medicina

“…Vários autores encontraram 50% ou mais de padrões de excitação sexual associado à parafilia (Ahlers et al, 2011;Clemente et al, 2017;Critelli;Bivona, 2008;Joyal, 2015;Joyal;Carpentier, 2017;Templeman;Stinnett, 1991;Wéry et al, 2016).…”

“…Baltieri e Andrade (2008) observaram que agressores sexuais seriais registraram mais frequentemente história de abuso sexual na infância do que os agressores sexuais de uma vítima (p<0,01). Clemente et al (2017) avaliaram uma população de dependentes químicos e observaram que pensamentos e comportamentos parafílicos estavam associados à presença de negligência física e emocional na infância. Hughes (2007) Segundo Sharma (2003), muitas parafilias são efeitos tardios do abuso sexual infantil, sendo que quanto mais frequente e persistente é o abuso, piores são os problemas psicológicos, de comportamento e de relacionamento tardios.…”