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Sexual Addiction
Amber Meyers
Human Sexuality
American Public University
Professor Diane Lewis
Sexual Addiction
Sexual Addiction is a controversial issue for many people. Some professionals swear that sexual addiction does not exist, and if it did, it should be a positive thing, not a negative. While other professionals argue sexual addiction is a real problem today, and must be recognized, studied, and treated. The first article I have studied regarding sexual addiction was a case study done by Patrick Carnes PhD.
Dr. Carnes surveyed over 600 sexually addicted individuals currently receiving treatment or have recently completed treatment for sexual addiction (anonymous 1988). Dr. Carnes, a specialist in sexual addiction, reported his findings to a group of other professionals such as sexologists and mental health experts. His findings were types of addicts and patterns of recovery for the sexually addicted individuals (anonymous 1988). Dr. Carnes finding were astounding.
Among Dr. Carnes findings, he found that child hood abuse and sexual addiction were related and ultimately, childhood abuse was related to sexually addicted adults (anonymous 1988). Dr. Carnes reported, “Eighty three percent of those surveyed reported having been sexually abused as children” (anonymous, 1988). The abuse was described as either physical or mental abuse with mental abuse being higher than physical, but not by much. Obviously some of these sexually addicted people being surveyed came from dysfunctional families, therefore, many of them also report having other types of addicts inside their families as well, such as alcoholics or drug addicts.
Overall the profile found most common for a sex addict, according to Dr. Carnes study proved that most sexually addicted individuals are, “Professionals with collage or graduate degrees with another form of addiction of some type” (anonymous 1988). Overall this article and Dr. Carnes study was basically to help treat...
Amber Meyers
Human Sexuality
American Public University
Professor Diane Lewis
Sexual Addiction
Sexual Addiction is a controversial issue for many people. Some professionals swear that sexual addiction does not exist, and if it did, it should be a positive thing, not a negative. While other professionals argue sexual addiction is a real problem today, and must be recognized, studied, and treated. The first article I have studied regarding sexual addiction was a case study done by Patrick Carnes PhD.
Dr. Carnes surveyed over 600 sexually addicted individuals currently receiving treatment or have recently completed treatment for sexual addiction (anonymous 1988). Dr. Carnes, a specialist in sexual addiction, reported his findings to a group of other professionals such as sexologists and mental health experts. His findings were types of addicts and patterns of recovery for the sexually addicted individuals (anonymous 1988). Dr. Carnes finding were astounding.
Among Dr. Carnes findings, he found that child hood abuse and sexual addiction were related and ultimately, childhood abuse was related to sexually addicted adults (anonymous 1988). Dr. Carnes reported, “Eighty three percent of those surveyed reported having been sexually abused as children” (anonymous, 1988). The abuse was described as either physical or mental abuse with mental abuse being higher than physical, but not by much. Obviously some of these sexually addicted people being surveyed came from dysfunctional families, therefore, many of them also report having other types of addicts inside their families as well, such as alcoholics or drug addicts.
Overall the profile found most common for a sex addict, according to Dr. Carnes study proved that most sexually addicted individuals are, “Professionals with collage or graduate degrees with another form of addiction of some type” (anonymous 1988). Overall this article and Dr. Carnes study was basically to help treat...