CompletedNot Applicable

Intervention Study for Individuals With Compulsive Sexual Behavior

Brazil135 participantsStarted 2011-02

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is compare three interventions (short-term psychodynamic psychotherapeutic group and relapse prevention group therapy vs. treatment as usual, namely, psychiatric follow up including prescription of medication vs. both interventions combined) to individuals presenting compulsive sexual behavior.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexMALE

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Inclusion criteria

✓. meeting the criteria for "excessive sexual drive" (ICD-10 F52.7) which corresponds to complain of an excessive sexual drive that often leads to out of control sexual behaviors AND meeting the criteria for "sex addiction" by Goodman (2001), which is characterized as a maladaptive pattern of sexual behavior leading to clinically impairment or distress as manifested in the same 12-month period by three or more of the following: tolerance (process of engaging in increasingly sexual behavior, in terms of intensity and frequency to obtain the same satisfaction than before); withdrawal (experience of abstinence, characterized by the presence of physical and/or psychological symptoms, when the behavior is diminished or discontinued); frequent sexual behavior; unsuccessful efforts to control it; many time spent in preparation for it; social or occupational activities are diminished because of it; it goes on despite negative outcomes;
✓. being literate in Portuguese;
✓. cognitive ability to answer self-responsive measures.

Exclusion criteria

✕. sexual preference disorders (ICD-10 F65);
✕. manic or hypomanic state of bipolar disorder (ICD-10 F30.0, F31.0, 31.1, and 31.2);
✕. schizophrenia, schizotypal, and delusional disorders (ICD-10 F20 - F29);
✕. other mental disorders due to brain dysfunction, injury or physical disease (ICD-10 F06);
✕. gender identity disorder (ICD-10 F64).

What they're measuring

Sexual Compulsivity Scale (SCS)

Timeframe: Baseline, 25th and 34th week

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02300051

SponsorUniversity of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2015-04

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