The Sex Addiction Treatment Guide is an informational site with the goal of informing and educating those suffering from sex addiction and loved ones who are faces the consequences of a significant other who showing signs of compulsive sexual behavior.


June 17th, 2010

Brain Dysfunction May Contribute to Compulsive Sexual Behavior

A new study has found that frontal cortex dysfunction may contribute to sex addiction or compulsive sexual behavior. The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is a region of the brain that is involved in decision-making and behavioral flexibility, and has been identified as a potential mediator of impulsive behaviors.

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June 14th, 2010

Parkinson’s Patients Claim Medication Causes Gambling, Sex Addictions

A group of more than 100 individuals who were prescribed medications for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease is filing a class action lawsuit against two Australian pharmaceutical companies who market the medications. The claimants in the case allege that the medications Cabaser, an Australian brand of cabergoline marketed by the Pfizer pharmaceutical company, and Permax, an Australian brand of pergolide marketed by Aspen Pharmacare, caused a range of unrelated addiction disorders, including gambling addiction and sex addictions. Both medications are dopamine receptor agonists that mimic the presence of dopamine in the brain and are used to treat tremors caused by Parkinson’s disease.

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May 6th, 2010

Football Star Lawrence Taylor Admitted Sex Addiction in 2004

Pro Football Hall of Famer and former "Dancing with the Stars" contestant Lawrence Taylor, who was recently charged in the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl, admitted in 2004 to spending about $1,000 daily on escort services, often calling six prostitutes a day.

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April 28th, 2010

Addicted to Porn: SEC Scandal Points to a Growing Problem

Stanton Peele, addiction expert and psychologist, examines pornography addiction for the Huffington Post:

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April 13th, 2010

Jesse James Enters Rehab for Sex Addiction

On March 30, Monster Garage host and West Coast Choppers owner Jesse James reportedly checked himself into the Sierra Tucson Treatment Center in Arizona to help manage his “personal issues,” possibly sex addiction, in hopes of saving his dilapidated marriage to Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock.

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April 9th, 2010

Researcher Says Human Instinct to Blame for Sexual Addiction, Obesity, and More

Groundbreaking new research suggests that the evolutionary impulses that allowed our ancestors to survive on the Savannah are sabotaging us in the modern world. According to Deirdre Barrett, a clinical professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School, our lingering primal urges have helped give rise to the obesity epidemic, social isolation, poor risk-assessment tendencies, and sex addiction, among countless other things—all because our biology hasn’t caught up to the way we live.

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April 1st, 2010

Overcoming Sexual Abuse by a Parent

Although we’d like not to think about it, chilling headlines remind us that sexual abuse of children by a parent isn’t all that uncommon. Add to that the fact that child sexual abuse is vastly underreported, and the magnitude of the problem increases. But that pales in comparison to what happens to the children. Long-term emotional and psychological damage of child sexual abuse by anyone can be devastating – but even more so when it is committed by a parent. It is also very difficult to overcome.

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March 31st, 2010

Sex Addiction or Just Bad Behavior: Jesse James

This week Sandra Bullock’s husband, Jesse James, reportedly checked himself into rehab for sex addiction treatment. James’ story began just after Bullock won an Academy Award for her performance in The Blind Side, and it appears she was totally blind-sided by James’ affairs.

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March 24th, 2010

Warning Signs of Sex Addiction

Addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky explains sex addiction and five main warning signs on DoctorOz.com:

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March 19th, 2010

Can a Recovering Sex Addict Have Sex?

When a panel of experts recently joined the New York Times’ Consults blog to answer readers’ questions about sex addiction, one reader asked whether a recovering sex addict can ever have sex again. Sexual addiction therapist Joe Kort responds.

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