As the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5) is being planned, the subject of sexual addiction in adults as a disease entity is being considered.

I have been an opponent of such a move. What do you think?

Is there such an addiction as "sex addiction"? Or is it simply a new name for the old evolutionary concept - (Self-seeding)?

If so, how do you define it?

Is it a primarily male condition?

Is it another manifestation for sociopathic behavior?

Or is it an obsessive compulsive disorder targeting the sexual organs?

Is it problematic only in a marital context?

Does the labeling serve any redemptive (or pseudo-redemptive) purpose?

T. Byram Karasu, M.D. is the Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Psychotherapy and editor of On Sexuality