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Sexual Addiction And Treatment
...Cognitive therapy Case Study Assessment
Chemical Use Assessment/History and Treatment Recommendations
Name: Alan
DOB/Age: 42
Dates of Interviews: July 10-15, 2019
Evaluator: X
Reason for Assessment
Alan is addicted to pornography and masturbation and wants to stop looking at pornography while alone. He has been “hooked” since the age of 14 but has never come close to expiring the same feeling he had when he looked at porn for the first time. He wants to stop his addiction because he feels it is hurting his marriage and he does not want to lose his wife, who knows about his one infidelity as well as his addiction and worries that he might stray again. He has already been divorced once and has a son who does not live with him. Clearly he wants to break free of his addiction but does not know how to do it.
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Alan is the……
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References
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Doweiko, H. E. (2015). Concepts of chemical dependency (9th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.
Gilbert, D. (2014). The Novena to St. Boniface of Tarsus: A Pastoral Program for Addressing Sexual Addiction in Colonial Mexico. Catholic Social Science Review, 19: 87-109.
Laaser, M. (2004). Healing the wounds of sexual addiction. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
Manley, G., & Koehler, J. (2001). Sexual behavior disorders: Proposed new classification in the DSM-V. Sexual Addiction &Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 8(3-4), 253-265.
McKeague, E. L. (2014). Differentiating the female sex addict: A literature review focused on themes of gender difference used to inform recommendations for treating women with sex addiction. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 21(3), 203-224.
Park, B., Wilson, G., Berger, J., Christman, M., Reina, B., Bishop, F., ... & Doan, A. (2016). Is Internet pornography causing sexual dysfunctions? A review with clinical reports. Behavioral Sciences, 6(3), 17.
Young, K., Pistner, M.,O’Mara, J., & Buchanan, J. (2009). Cyber disorders: the mental health concern for the new millennium. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 2(5), 475-479.
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Anxiety Disorders
… least 6 months, the fear/anxiety causes significant distress, and the disturbance is not attributable to another mental illness (Truschel & Cagliostro, 2018). Evidence-based therapy treatment for this disorder involves the use of cognitive Behavioral therapy while psychopharmacologic treatment involves using a series of anti-depressants.
References
Mayo Clinic. (2017, October 25). Adjustment Disorders. Retrieved October 2, 2019, from https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/adjustment-disorders/symptoms-causes/syc-20355224
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References
Mayo Clinic. (2017, October 25). Adjustment Disorders. Retrieved October 2, 2019, from https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/adjustment-disorders/symptoms-causes/syc-20355224
Mayo Clinic. (2016, October 19). Specific Phobias. Retrieved October 2, 2019, from https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/specific-phobias/symptoms-causes/syc-20355156
Truschel, J. & Cagliostro, D. (2018, February 13). Anxiety and Phobias: What are Specific Phobias? Retrieved October 2, 2019, from https://www.psycom.net/anxiety-specific-phobias/
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