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Why Substance Use Treatment Programs Need to Screen for Sexual Addiction Too Addiction rarely shows up alone. Clinicians who work in substance use treatment have long observed that clients struggling with drugs or alcohol often carry other compulsive patterns alongside their primary diagnosis, including compulsive sexual behavior. Yet many treatment programs are not structured to catch this overlap. A study published in Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity examines exactly this gap, looking...

What Personality Testing Reveals About Sadomasochism in Sexual Addiction Treatment Sadomasochistic behaviors, often referred to as S&M, exist on a wide spectrum, from mild role play involving humiliation or loss of power to high-risk practices such as sexual asphyxiation. Clinicians who work with sexual addiction have long recognized that these behaviors show up in treatment populations, yet the underlying personality and psychological patterns associated with them have remained poorly...

Exhibitionism and Voyeurism: Why Treating Them as One Condition May Be a Mistake For nearly two centuries, exhibitionism and voyeurism have been studied side by side, sometimes treated as separate conditions and sometimes as two expressions of a single underlying disorder. A study published in Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity takes a closer, more data-driven look at this long-standing question, and the findings suggest that lumping these behaviors together may obscure important clinical...