The American Psychiatric Association (APA) publishes the manual, which is considered the ultimate guide to what constitutes a genuine psychological disorder rather than an imaginary one. Sex addiction became highly publicised when celebrities such as Tiger Woods and Russell Brand required treatment for the condition. The shamed golfer underwent a six-week intensive programme at the Pine Grove clinic in Mississippi, designed to treat sexual addiction, sexual anorexia, association addiction and sexual trauma.
Meanwhile, betting addiction has recently been classified as a Mental illness in Britain and now the health service is starting a preliminary project for sex addiction treatment. And the recent discussion of sex addiction could spark a boom in drug companies re-packaging anti-depressants and sex-drive-suppressants, according to experts. The Priory chain of clinics says its patients: “work on themselves for eight or nine hours a day in group rehabilitation, in individual sessions with their psychiatrists and with a wide range of trained therapists.” Clinical psychologist and sex psychoanalyst Janet Hall in Melbourne said patients with sex addiction problems now make up the majority of her clients.
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