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WHO states that sex addiction is a form of mental illness as per psychology
In a announcement marked by WHO Sex addiction has been stated to be as a mental illness for the first time The landmark move by the World Health Organisation could lead to treatment for compulsive sexual behaviour Its inclusion on WHOs International Classification of Diseases list comes a few weeks after gaming addiction was added
In a announcement marked by WHO. Sex addiction has been stated to be as a mental illness for the first time. The landmark move by the World Health Organisation could lead to treatment for compulsive sexual behaviour. Its inclusion on WHO’s International Classification of Diseases list comes a few weeks after gaming addiction was added.
As per Dr Valerie Booth, from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, two and four percent of the UK population suffer from sex addiction. She added that it is a behaviour that tends to be hidden as it’s shameful and often sex addicts don’t come forward.
“Adding this to the WHO list is an excellent step for patients as it allows them to recognise that they are suffering with a problem — it takes it out of the shadows and they are able to seek help for it,” she went on to add in a conversation with The Sun.
WHO’s list mentions compulsive sexual behaviour disorder as a “persistent pattern of failure to control intense, repetitive sexual impulses or urges resulting in a repetitive sexual behaviour”.
Symptoms include sex becoming the “central focus” of the person’s life at the ignorance of health, personal care or interests and responsibilities. The behaviour should be clear for six months or more and later cause distress in individuals lives.
