A case report of pornography addiction with dhat syndrome

• Published in: Indian journal of psychiatry Vol. 56; no. 4; pp. 385 - 387
• Main Authors: Darshan, M S, Sathyanarayana Rao, T S, Manickam, Sam, Tandon, Abhinav, Ram, Dushad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.10.2014; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
• Subjects: Addictions; Addictive behaviors; Behavior; Case Report; Case studies; Diagnosis; Families & family life; Females; Internet; Mental illness; Pornography; Pornography & obscenity; Psychological aspects; Psychotherapy; Search engines; Self esteem; Sex education; Web sites; India; sex addiction; dhat syndrome; male sexual disorders; Pornography addiction
• ISSN: 0019-5545; 1998-3794
• DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.146536

A case of pornography addiction with dhat syndrome was diagnosed applying the existing criteria for substance dependence in International Classification for Diseases-10 and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition, Text Revision. There is a lack of clear-cut criteria for identifying and defining such behavioural addictions and also lack of medical documents on pornography addiction. An applied strategy in lines with any substance addiction is used, and we found it helped our patient to gradually deaddict and then completely quit watching pornography. This is one of the few cases being reported scientifically, and we hope more work will be carried out in this ever increasing pornography addiction problem.