Sexual Addiction to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) process has failed to get aid of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). In the past, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the American Psychiatric Association's handbook, defined some BDSM actions as sexual diseases. 87. Tomasi, D. Wang, G.-J. Wang, R. Caparelli, E.C. Logan, J. Volkow, N.D. 64. Agrawal, A. Verweij, K.J.H.