Sex Addiction

Question 1

What is sex addition also known as?

Answer 1

Hyper sexual disorder or compulsive sexual disorder

Question 2

Hyper means…

Answer 2

Increased or excessive

Question 3

When does sex addiction become an issues?

Answer 3

It’s it’s harming yourself or others
OR
if you want to stop but can’t

Question 4

what is meant by “lack of control” in terms of hypersexual disorder

Answer 4

If an individual wants to stop but actually can’t

Question 5

what is the male to female ration of hypersexual disorder

Answer 5

80:20

Question 6

it’s argued that compulsive sexual disorder may justify some sex crimes, true or false?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

what reasons contribute to sex addition not being a part of the DSM ?

Answer 7

Some argue we are giving it a label for no reason.
The amount of sex someone has can’t really be classified into high or low (it’s very subjective)
Maybe just a possible symptom of characteristic rather than a disorder itself

Question 8

What is the potential case for sex addiction to be included in the DSM

Answer 8

Social and personal harm
Formal diagnosis offers hope
Legitimacy

Question 9

what are potential harms of compulsive sexual disorder

Answer 9

Divorce
unplanned pregnancy
STI’s
Sex crimes

Question 10

What did Fedoroff 1994 suggest?

Answer 10

He suggested that compulsive sexual disorder can develop with dementia as it is linked to damage to the pre frontal lobe.

Question 11

What is the pre frontal lobe known to regulate ?

Answer 11

Inhibitions

Question 12

Who suggested a biological basis of hypersexual disorder?

Answer 12

Fedoroff 1994

Question 13

What did wine et al 1997 do?

Answer 13

He conducted a questionnaire on sex addicts

Question 14

What did Wine 1997 find?

Answer 14

98% experience withdrawal symptoms
94% unsuccessfully tried to reduce or control symptoms
92% spent longer on sexual activities than they wanted to (lack of control)

Question 15

Who showed that there is a high variability in the disorder

Answer 15

Briken et al 2007

Question 16

What did Reid et all (2009) find when he compared 59 males?

Answer 16

He found that the hypersexual group were more neurotic and had more obsessive symptoms.

He also found more social alienation amongst that group.

Question 17

What did Raymond’s study (2013) suggest about the comorbidity of hypersexual disorder?

Answer 17

The findings suggest high comorbidity

Question 18

what did Raymond et al (2013) do?

Answer 18

Raymond recruited participants via news paper ad

Question 19

What did Raymond et al find?

Answer 19

96% anxiety disorder
71% substance disorder
71% Mood disorder
38% Impulse control disorder

Question 20

What did Odlaug et al (2013) associate hypersexual disorder with ?

Answer 20

Depression
Anxiety 
Stress 
Adhd
Poor self-esteem

Question 21

What sample did Odlaug et al use?

Answer 21

A student sample