Dr.(Prof.) Johannes FUSS

Background and aims The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and correlates of indicators consistent with Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder (CSBD)—defined and operational...

Trans people suffer from increased rates of depression and suicidality even after gender-affirming medical interventions. The present study aims to examine the prevalence of childhood advers...

The usage of virtual reality (VR) pornography has risen in recent years. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the steep increase may be driven by an essential difference compared to traditional ...

Background One of the most prominent etiological theories of gender incongruence in trans women proposes a paraphilic erotic target location error (ie, autogynephilia) as a causal factor in...

It has recently been proposed that compulsive sexual behavior disorder should be included in the 11th version of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health P...

Background and aims Compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) will be included in ICD-11 as an impulse-control disorder. CSBD also shares clinical features with obsessive–compulsive spec...

Background Studies in mammals indicate a role for sex hormones in the regulation of hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA)-axis reactivity. However, in humans, experimental paradigms inve...

A unique strength of the development of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s ICD-11 classification of mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders has been the active input from m...

Background Many trans individuals undergo medical interventions that result in irreversible loss of fertility. Little is known about their desire to have children and attitudes toward ferti...

The psychiatric classification of “normal” versus disordered sexual behavior has been a subject of some dispute. Although atypical sexual interests have been viewed traditionally as typi...