(CNN) As details about the man suspected of fatally shooting eight people at Atlanta-area spas unfold, the controversial concept of sex addiction has resurfaced. Diagnosing and treating issues with sexThe clinical illegitimacy of sex addiction doesn't mean, however, that people's personal issues with sex aren't real. Advocates of treating sex addiction as a legitimate disorder "would say, 'we have subjective distress and functional impairment in individuals with sex addiction, and therefore it should be a diagnosis,'" Cohen said. "You do have clinicians who are out there treating sex addiction, even though it's not an official diagnosis. "I can tell you, however, from our experience, that we can definitely say that for us, sex addiction exists."

Source: CNN March 19, 2021 22:52 UTC