# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/patrick-carnes
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:33:27.981Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/patrick-carnes"
name: "Patrick Carnes"
slug: "patrick-carnes"
description: "Patrick Carnes is an American author and counselor. He is a proponent of the viewpoint that some sexual behavior is an addiction. According to CBS News, he popularized the term sex addiction. He created the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP), as well as numerous addiction treatment facilities, and created the CSAT certification."
tagline: "American counselor"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1944-05-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.2
  momentum:             0.09603841536614646
  historical:           5.696942666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A1"
    title: "פטריק קרנס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "باتريك كارنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Carnes"
    title: "Patrick Carnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Carnes"
    title: "Patrick Carnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA"
    title: "パトリック・カーンズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Carnes"
    title: "Patrick Carnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1747922"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump