Introduction The medical literature contains several definitions of premature ejaculation
(PE). The most commonly quoted definition, the American Psychiatric Association's
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition-Text Revision, and
other definitions of PE are all authority based rather than evidence based, and have no
support from controlled clinical and/or epidemiological studies. Aim The aim of this article is
to develop a contemporary, evidence-based definition of PE. Methods In August 2007, the …

METHODS: There are several definitions of PE; the most commonly quoted, the American
Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-4th Edition-
Text Revision, and other definitions of PE, are all authority-based rather than evidence-
based, and have no support from controlled clinical and/or epidemiological studies. Thus in
August 2007, the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) appointed several
international experts in PE to an Ad Hoc Committee for the Definition of PE. The committee …