Research into the neuroscience of sex addiction has not been conclusive, the Mayo Clinic said.
It is tempting to treat poor Mr Levin's book on sex addiction as a spoof.
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It turned out that in 1995 Michael had sought treatment for alcoholism and then, a year later, for sex addiction.
The scientific evidence for treating sex addiction as a disease is thin.
Real disorders, however, might cause behavior that is interpreted as sex addiction.
McQueen is nominated for best director, while his film, about a man battling sex addiction, is one of six up for best film.
Only one of those, a study of the drug naltrexone, really seems related to what most people would think of as sex addiction.
When Hannah meets up with a smooth-talking sex addiction counselor (a sly, polished performance by Maurice McRae) the farce level is ramped up considerably.
For many people, especially women, sex addiction occurs in tandem with another problem such as an eating disorder, drug or alcohol addiction, McDaniel said.
It's generally considered an impulse-control problem, like gambling or sex addiction.
The idea of sex addiction, however, got a big boost in 1983 with the publication of a book called Out of the Shadows by Patrick Carnes, Ph.
Naturally occurring chemicals in the brain such as dopamine and serotonin do contribute to sexual functioning, but it's not clear how they are related to sex addiction.
There has been much debate, even a few lawsuits, regarding whether or not sex addiction or Internet addiction falls under the category of a disability or a serious illness.
Craig Fabrikant, a clinical psychologist at Hackensack University Medical Center, says that he doesn't believe that sex addiction exists in the same way that alcohol or cocaine addiction does.
About 80 percent of sex addiction cases have sexual abuse or emotional trauma in their backgrounds, said Doug Weiss, therapist and executive director of the Heart to Heart Counseling Center.
This "hurt" included missing his son Charlie's first birthday in February in order to complete 45 days of therapy for a condition he would not specify, believed to be sex addiction.
And our subsequent inability to cope feeds a wide range of maladies, including poor work performance, overeating, insomnia, relationship troubles, road rage, fear of flying, sex addiction and panic attacks over public speaking.
Their problems range from unemployment to difficulty getting pregnant, possible alcoholism, sex addiction, and post-traumatic-stress disorder stemming from the 2007 collapse of the I-35W bridge into the Mississippi River during an evening rush hour.
Feelings of neglect as a child -- whether from divorced parents or parents who both worked and didn't spend a lot of time with their kids -- may also lead to sex addiction, Schwartz said.
She's the author of the forthcoming book Desire: Where Sex Meets Addiction.
For example, I had the most fascinating conversation with a friend who struggles with sex and drug addiction.
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Mr Coaker told me that public opinion in Britain has become more and more aware of the exploitative side of the sex trade, be it the drug addiction plunging thousands of young women into street prostitution or the straightforward slavery inherent in the trafficking of human beings for sex.
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"We don't have government funds to carve out as much data for things like sex addictions, exercise and others, " says John Fitzgerald of the Center for Addiction Management.
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