Third Annual LGBT Conference

November 10th @ the LGBT Center

213 West 13th Street

Putting on the Breaks or Going Wild

Staff enters & breakfast arrives 9:00

Registration and Breakfast 9:15

Intro to Task Force 10:00    Herb Gingold, Ph.D.

Intro to Dx of Sexual Addiction 10:20    Charles Silverstein, Ph.D.

Is Sexual Addiction a Useful Concept?

“Working with Patients with Problematical Sexual Behavior: Diagnosis, Treatment and Controversies"  10:35   Meg Kaplan, Ph.D.

THITHIS PRESENTATION WILL INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF HISTORICAL PRECURSORS FOR HYPERSEXUAL 

Michael Aarons, Ph. D. 11:20

“Hypersexuality-- A Diagnosis Without a Cause”

Hypersexuality has been included in the recent ICD 10 under diagnostic code F52,8 as "other sexual dysfunction not due to a substance or known physiological condition." The ICD 10 states that this diagnosis is applicable to "excessive sexual drive," "nymphomania," and "satyriasis." This talk will demonstrate the case that hypersexuality is a vague term, which has been used for moralistic purposes through the years. It creates harm by pathologizing both non-normative but benign sexual fetishes as well as common sexual practices and fantasies and by diverting attention from deeper mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).  In short, hypersexuality serves no useful purpose; it is a relic of a sex-phobic, moralistic past and adds no further utility in understanding or treating problematic behaviors.

Q & A 12:05

Lunch 12:20

Shame and Female Sexuality  Deborah Tolman, Ph.D. 1:00

Q & A   2:00

Fishbowl   2:20   Charles Silverstein, Ph.D.

Wrap up   3:15

Sponsoring divisions

IPD 600 Ageing ? Div Culture ?

Clinical   ? DOWI? Westchester?

Psychoanal   1,000

Registration Fees

NYSPA Members    60

Sponsoring Div      40

Non-NYSPA members   70 (NB: Ne t meeting July 21)

Students (with I)         20