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Professor Peer Briken is Director of the Institute for Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry in Hamburg since 2010. The institute has an outpatient clinic for sexual offenders and provides court reports on sexual offenders. Peer Briken’s main research activities are: pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment of sexual offenders, sexual homicide, hypersexuality, juvenile sexual offenders and delinquency. He published the first German studies on pharmacological treatment of paraphilic patients with GnRH agonists and SSRI. He is reviewer for international journals, member of Editorial Board of the Open Forensic Science Journal, Sex Offender Treatment and Editor of the German Journal of Sex Research. He is also a member of several societies. Since 2010, he was appointed the president of the German Society of Sex Research. Since 2012 he is Member of the Correctional Services Advisory and Accreditation Panel, National Offender Management Service, Ministry of Justice, UK. Since 2012 he is advisor to the DSM-5 Development Process. Prof. Dr. med. Peer Briken, specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy, forensic psychiatry, sexual medicine (DGfS, FECSM); Professor for sexual research and forensic psychiatry and director of the institute of the same name at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. 1st Chairman of the German Society for Sexual Research and Vice President of the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders.

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University of Hamburg (UH)

Apr-2010 to Jan-2025

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  • dott image February, 2025

Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial evaluating an evidence-based, stepped and coordinated care service model for mental disorders (RECOVE...

Introduction Healthcare systems around the world are looking for solutions to the growing problem of mental disorders. RECOVER is the synonym for an evidence-based, stepped and cross-sectora...

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Problematic pornography use across countries, genders, and sexual orientations: Insights from the International Sex Survey and comparison of different...

Background and aims Problematic pornography use (PPU) is a common manifestation of the newly introduced Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder diagnosis in the 11th edition of the Internationa...

  • dott image April, 2024

Cross-cultural validation and measurement invariance of anxiety and depression symptoms: A study of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) in 42 countries

Journal : Journal of Affective Disorders

Background Depression and anxiety are among the most prevalent mental health issues experienced worldwide. However, whereas cross-cultural studies utilize psychometrically valid and reliabl...

  • dott image June, 2023

Compulsive sexual behavior disorder in 42 countries: Insights from the International Sex Survey and introduction of standardized assessment tools

Background and aims Despite its inclusion in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, there is a virtual paucity of high-quality scientific evidence about compulsi...

  • dott image June, 2023

Sex Surveys in Europe: Reflections on over Four Decades of Sexual Behavior and Sexual Health Surveillance

Sexual expression is fundamental to human existence and an important topic of enquiry in its own right. Understanding sexual behavior is also essential to establish effective sexual health p...

  • dott image January, 2023

Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 Restrictions: A Study of 30 Countries From the I-SHARE Consortium

Intimate partner violence (IPV) causes substantial physical and psychological trauma. Restrictions introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including lockdowns and movement restricti...

  • dott image November, 2022

The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry guidelines on the assessment and pharmacological treatment of compulsive sexual behaviour d...

Objectives The current guidelines aim to evaluate the role of pharmacological agents in the treatment of patients with compulsive sexual behaviour disorder (CSBD). They are intended for use...

  • dott image October, 2022

Effect of zotepine, olanzapine and risperidone on hostility in schizophrenic patients

Aimed to determine whether there are differential effects of 3 different atypical antipsychotics when administered to manage patients with schizophrenia with marked hostility. Zotepine, olan...

  • dott image September, 2022

Treatments and interventions for compulsive sexual behavior disorder with a focus on problematic pornography use: A preregistered systematic review

Background and aims Compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) which includes problematic pornography use (PPU) is a clinically relevant syndrome that has been included in the ICD-11 as imp...

  • dott image August, 2022

Who feels affected by “out of control” sexual behavior? Prevalence and correlates of indicators for ICD-11 Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder in ...

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...

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