What should be included in the criteria for compulsive sexual behavior disorder?

I-14: Assisted Reproduction and Religion What Consideration Should Be and Should Not Be Relevant,

Several important issues are pertinent to an ethical discussion of the new technology today grouped under the name Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART). This is a moral imperative because each of us must decide what is to be considered ethically acceptable in assisted reproduction. Reflecting on the ethical dimension of ‘creating’ a new human life can play a major role in ensuring that in eac...

Should suicidal thoughts be addressed in obsessive–compulsive disorder patients?

ISSN 1758-2008 10.2217/NPY.11.40 © 2011 Future Medicine Ltd Neuropsychiatry (2011) 1(4), 305–308 1Department of Psychiatry, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil †Author for correspondence: Department of Neurology, Psychology & Psychiatry, Univ Estadual Paulista (UNESP; São Paulo State University), Botucatu Medical School, Botucatu, Brazil; [email protected]...

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Should an obsessive-compulsive spectrum grouping of disorders be included in DSM-V?

The obsessive-compulsive (OC) spectrum has been discussed in the literature for two decades. Proponents of this concept propose that certain disorders characterized by repetitive thoughts and/or behaviors are related to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and suggest that such disorders be grouped together in the same category (i.e. grouping, or "chapter") in DSM. This article addresses this t...

Impulsive-compulsive sexual behavior.

Impulsive-compulsive sexual behavior is a little studied clinical phenomenon which affects approximately 5% to 6% of the population. In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition-Text Revision, it is classified as an impulse control disorder not otherwise specified or a sexual disorder not otherwise specified. It may be placed in a possible new category in the Dia...