Psychologist claims : Porn addiction DOESN'T exist - and watching it can PREVENT sexual offences.

From Will Young to David Duchovny, many celebrities have claimed to have a porn addiction.
But new research has revealed there is no strong evidence that such an addiction actually exists.
Dr David Ley, a clinical psychologist, and Executive Director of New Mexico Solutions, a large behavioural health programme, has reviewed research into pornography addiction.

 
He found only 37 per cent of research articles about excessive use of porn describe it as an addiction.
He also discovered that just 27 per cent of articles on the subject contain actual data.
As a result, he concluded that experiments carried out into the topic have been poorly designed and lacked the rigour to provide any proof.
Consequently, he concluded that very little, if any, actual evidence had been found to suggest the addiction exists.
He noted that pornography addition was also not included in the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders because of a lack of scientific data.
This manual is published by the American Psychiatric Association and is seen as the 'bible' of mental health disorders.
Dr Ley also discovered there is no evidence to suggest there are negative side effects of excessive porn viewing.
He said there was no sign that it was linked to erectile dysfunction or that it changes the brains of users.