Sex Addiction

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My comment:
(1) The very notion of sex addition was dismissed even academically, because
it was considered impossible. The theory went: A man might think of sex
many times a day, but there was only so much he could do. However,
(a) American Psychiatric Association just published a draft for the fifth
edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5),
requesting public comment within two months.
http://www.dsm5.org/Pages/Default.aspx

In particular, DSM-5 has proposed a new disorder Hypersexual Disorder
http://www.dsm5.org/ProposedRevisions/Pages/proposedrevision.aspx?rid=415

(b) International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (
ICD), by the World Health Organization.

(i) The draft of ICD-11 is scheduled for release this year (2010).

(ii) Currently it is ICD-10 (Version 2007).
http://apps.who.int/classifications/apps/icd/icd10online/

In this web page, go to the section "Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-
F99)," and click "F50-F59" to reach

"[code] F52.7  Excessive sexual drive" which is subdivided into nymphomania
(for females) and satyriasis (for males).


(2) Today, Mr. Tiger Woods faces the nation for the first time since his car
wreck last Thanksgiving.

But the following two were published on Feb. 16, a day before news
announcement of Tiger's move.

(a) Bella English, Sex addicts getting help, understanding; Medical
specialists recognize disorder. Boston Globe, Feb. 16, 2010.
http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2010/02/16/those_facing_sex_addiction_get_help_understanding/

(b) Jonathan Alpert, Does Sex Addiction Really Exist? Metro, Feb. 16, 2010.
http://www.jonathanalpert.com/metro/02-16-10.html
(Drug and alcohol abuse, food addiction, sexual compulsion--whatever the
demon, similar mechanisms are at play: one feels depressed or anxious or
simply seeks an escape, and reaches for the bottle, drugs, food or sex.")

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