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“'Having sex five times a day wasn't enough'” http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-43921760

日本では「アルコール依存症」に再度注目が集まっているわけだが*1、「セックス依存症」*2の話。一方ではその存在自体が論争の対象となっているようだけど*3、2019年５月にはWHOの「国際疾病分類（ International Classification of Diseases (ICD) ）」にも組み入れられる見込みだ。
（英国における）一般的な傾向；

The Association for the Treatment of Sex Addiction and Compulsivity (ATSAC) *4said sex addiction is a growing problem.
It said its number of sex therapists has doubled in the past five years to 170 and the majority of inquiries for help come from men.
A questionnaire completed by 21,058 people since 2013 on the Sex Addiction Help website revealed 91% of those seeking help for sex addiction were male.
The largest age group of 31% was aged 26-35, 1% were under 16 and 8% over 55.
ATSAC's founder member Paula Hall said the number of sex addicts visiting the Laurel Centre, where she is now clinical director, had quadrupled in the last decade.

記事には、産後鬱*5を契機にセックス依存症に嵌まってしまった37歳の女性、買春のために１か月に何百ポンドも使ってしまうという60代の男性が登場する*6。
See also

Paisley Gilmour “9 things sex addicts want you to know” https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/sex/a10213240/sex-addiction/

*1:See http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20180502/1525264751

*2:See eg. Relate “I’m worried that I (or someone I know) might be addicted to sex” https://www.relate.org.uk/relationship-help/help-sex/sex-common-problems/im-worried-i-or-someone-i-know-might-be-addicted-sex

*3:See eg. “Can you become addicted to sex?” https://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/3053.aspx

*4:https://atsac.co.uk/

*6:前者は「１日５回やっても満足できない」というタイトルの由来になった人。