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  1. 01-03-2015 | ReviewPaper

    Sadomasochism in Sickness and in Health: Competing Claims from Science, Social Science, and Culture

    This article reviews and compares competing depictions of sadomasochism (SM) sexuality, examining portrayals that range from sick to healthy, from normal to abnormal, and from dangerous to healing. The body of this article proceeds in four parts.

  2. Open Access 18-02-2023 | Esophageal Rupture | OriginalPaper

    Esophageal rupture through extreme sadomasochistic practice

    We report the case of a woman in her thirties who suffered an esophageal rupture while participating in extreme sadomasochistic practices. After herself seeking help in a hospital for complaints alleged to be from a fall, she was initially …

  3. 01-06-2020 | Addiction | ReviewPaper

    Addictive Use of Online Sexual Activities and its Comorbidities: a Systematic Review

    With the rise of the Internet, the number of Internet users worldwide has grown and the use of the Internet for sexual purposes is very common and involves 33 to 75% of Internet community members [ 1 ••]. Around 13% of Internet searches include …

  4. 30-01-2023 | Sexually Transmitted Infection | Online First

    Profiles of Risk-Taking Sexual and Substance Use Behaviors in French-Canadian Emerging Adults: a Latent Class Analysis

    In Canada, the highest increases in rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and substance use disorders occur among emerging adults aged 18 to 29 years old. Most research on risk-taking behaviors have focused on adolescents or males …

  5. 01-01-2021 | Sadomasochism | OriginalPaper

    Rectal explosion: a strange case of autoerotic death

    Autoerotic deaths refer to fatalities occurring during individual, solitary sexual activity, in which some device, situation, or act is used to gain or boost the sexual arousal of the subject. Anorectal autoeroticism is an autoerotic paraphilic …

  6. 01-07-2017 | Letter

    Can the Harmful Dysfunction Analysis Explain Why Addiction is a Medical Disorder?: Reply to Marc Lewis

  7. 01-04-2017 | OriginalPaper

    Addiction and the Concept of Disorder, Part 1: Why Addiction is a Medical Disorder

    In this two-part analysis, I analyze Marc Lewis’s arguments against the brain-disease view of substance addiction and for a developmental-learning approach that demedicalizes addiction. I focus especially on the question of whether addiction is a …

  8. Open Access 01-09-2020 | ReviewPaper

    Sexual Desire and Fantasies in the LGBT+ Community: a Focus on Bisexuals, Transgender, and Other Shades of the Rainbow

    Sexual desire and its expressions are complex, multifaceted, and difficult to define. In research, they are typically defined as the subjective psychological status to initiate and maintain human sexual behavior triggered by external and internal …

  9. 01-09-2013 | ReviewPaper

    Consensual Sadomasochistic Sex (BDSM): The Roots, the Risks, and the Distinctions Between BDSM and Violence

    When practiced consensually, sadomasochistic sex is being increasingly accepted as an alternative sexuality. Here I suggest the possible evolutionary roots of the preferences, draw distinctions between violent, abusive and “healthy” practitioners’ …

  10. 01-04-2017 | Letter

    What Evolution Intended? Reply to Wakefield

    Wakefield doesn't mind my focus on parallels between addiction and love. But love can fall outside the bounds of what evolution intended. So, he claims, comparing addiction with love does not preclude a naturally defined "disorder." I counter with …

  11. Open Access 01-04-2017 | OriginalPaper

    Addiction and the Brain: Development, Not Disease

    I review the brain disease model of addiction promoted by medical, scientific, and clinical authorities in the US and elsewhere. I then show that the disease model is flawed because brain changes in addiction are similar to those generally …

  12. 01-05-2021 | OriginalPaper

    Love Hurts?: Identifying Abuse in the Virgin-Beast Trope of Popular Romantic Fiction

    Popular romantic fiction dating back to the 1700s often portrays a submissive/virginal female character and an aggressive/beastly male character. This binary portrayal of heterosexual relationships is problematic because it presents a power …

  13. 01-03-2018 | OriginalPaper

    Prevalence of sexual dysfunctions and other sexual disorders in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder compared to the general population

    Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by symptoms of inattention and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity that lead to dysfunctioning in daily life. One of the affected areas of life that has so far not been studied in ADHD …

  14. Open Access 01-12-2017 | OriginalPaper

    A prospective, quantitative study of mental health act assessments in England following the 2007 amendments to the 1983 act: did the changes fulfill their promise?

    On 3rd November 2008 the Mental Health Act (MHA) 2007 was implemented in England and Wales, amending the MHA 1983 [ 1 , 2 ]. Amongst other changes, the 2007 Act enabled supervised community treatment and broadened the range of professionals who …

  15. 01-12-2019 | ReviewPaper

    Coercive Sexual Sadism: a Systematic Qualitative Review

    According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5; [ 1 ]), sexual sadism is a paraphilia defined by strong fantasies, urges, or actions involving the physical or psychological suffering of another human.

  16. 01-04-2011 | ReviewPaper

    Current Concepts in the Pharmacotherapy of Paraphilias

    Concerns about paraphilia and its treatment have grown in the past few years. Although the aetiology of paraphilia disorder is still not completely understood, pharmacological treatments have been proposed for this disorder. Paraphilias are a …

  17. 01-04-2011 | OriginalPaper

    HIV in the Leather Community: Rates and Risk-Related Behaviors

    There exist many subcultures of men who have sex with men (MSM), all with differing values and health behaviors. The Leathermen comprise one such subculture, which is characterized by a heightened valuation of hypersexuality and adherence to …

  18. 01-05-2014 | ReviewPaper

    Alternative Sexualities: Implications for the Urologist

    Urologists routinely deal with sensitive issues of urinary function as well as sexuality in daily practice. Even experienced urologists may encounter patients who engage in sexual practices that are novel, unknown, or perhaps disturbing to the …

  19. 01-12-2017 | ReviewPaper

    Out-of-Control Sexual Behavior in Women

    Hypersexual disorder (HD) was proposed as a new diagnosis for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) [ 1 ] but was rejected because of insufficient evidence demonstrating that it qualified as a …

  20. Open Access 01-12-2015 | OriginalPaper

    Trastuzumab-Associated Flagellate Erythema: Report in a Woman with Metastatic Breast Cancer and Review of Antineoplastic Therapy-Induced Flagellate Dermatoses

    Flagellate erythema is a distinctive morphologic presentation of linear, whiplash-like pattern, red streaks on the skin [ 1 ]. Trastuzumab (Herceptin ® ; Genentech) is a humanized monoclonal antibody that binds to the human epidermal growth factor …

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