Sex addiction is big business for clinics claiming to offer treatment for the same. These clinics have been in the news because Tiger Woods got admitted into one of them.
The planet's best golfer is far from the first celebrity to go into sex rehab, but he's probably the biggest and his case has helped thrust the idea of sex addiction as a serious disease into the spotlight.
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Sexual deviance includes a range of abnormal sexual expression from fetishism, cross dressing, sexual sadomasochism to pedophilia, incest and rape at the extreme end of the continuum.
Sexual deviance includes a range of abnormal sexual expression from fetishism, cross dressing, sexual sadomasochism to pedophilia, incest and rape at the extreme end of the continuum.
On Saturday, he's heading back for more.
Despite a certain amount of skepticism from the public about sex addiction, professionals in the field say it is comparable to alcoholism and not just an excuse for philanderers.
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"A lot of relations are in shambles because of that. It is a growing issue that many more people than we can imagine are dealing with."
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Female sexual dysfunction is defined as persistent and recurrent problems with sexual response or desire. It affects 30-50% women.
Female sexual dysfunction is defined as persistent and recurrent problems with sexual response or desire. It affects 30-50% women.
Experts say treatments consist of psychotherapy, medication and group discussion along the lines of the 12-step Alcoholics Anonymous program.
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One Arizona clinic offers treatment on an "intensive" basis, with the patient in and out in four days.
Michael Johnson, a sex addiction specialist from Austin, Texas, said a real cure is only possible in about two years, "sometimes longer than that."
Mainstream medical experts are cautious discussing the issue and the American Psychiatric Association does not recognize the disorder as a true illness.
But Johnson said that compulsive, unrestrained sexual activity causes harm.
"In my practice there are people who are not as prominent as Tiger Woods but successful people that put all their life at risk," he said.
"Woods is an example: look at what he put at risk, he was on the top of the world and doing foolish things."
Another example was New York's high-flying governor Eliot Spitzer, who resigned in 2008 after it was revealed that he was repeatedly visiting prostitutes, paying up to 5,000 dollars at a time.
Although talking about the problem is a basic component of most addiction therapies, Johnson said Woods's case was unusual.
"I've had various clients going to the sex addiction clinics and never heard about one of them having to make a public apology as part of the treatment."
Gross said the public confession was a success.
"His statement showed clearly that there are things that he learned. He was believable and sincere."
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