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We all know sex addiction is hot right now, thanks to one Mr. Duchovny's public battle with the disease and Sam Rockwell's turn as a sexual obsessive in "Choke." But a recent article in the New York Daily News offers an alternate explanation for the ubiquity of the diagnosis -- the economy.

Psychotherapist Jonathan Adler says he's seen an increase in sex-addicted patients to coincide with the economy's downturn. "A lot of the Wall Streeters use sex as a way to cope with stress. Bankers do tend to rely on pretty unhealthy ways of coping with stress -- drugs, sex."

Apparently, the more the testosterone-filled, cocaine-fueled traders get screwed at work, the more they want to screw around after hours.

"A lot of them will use adult services," Alpert says, giving the example of visiting a massage parlor during their lunch breaks. "I'm also seeing clients who utilize escort services, visit S&M parlors and strip bars almost nightly," he adds. "With the sex addict, where there's a risk and danger, there's often a rush. This temporarily satisfies their craving."

Judging from the number of Craigslist ads with titles like "Just Got Laid Off, Now Looking to Get Laid," we think there might be some truth to this theory.