HLTHAGE 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Behavioral Addiction, Sexual Addiction, Hypersexuality
14 Nov 2018
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Many addiction concepts are physiological (withdrawal, tolerance, dopamine) Do substance-specific addictions exist or do we just have. Peele: people can become addicted to any experience that powerfully modifies mood. Rejected the disease model, specifically the vulnerability hypothesis. Trying to shift away from our classic imagination of addiction as a biological process. We have shifted to behavioural addictions and now require a conceptual change - substance itself is not the problem, but our relationship with the substance. Brown & griffiths" key for behavioural addiction: Relapse: attempts to quit, resumes activity with similar intensity. In the 18/19th c sexual matters became a concern of medical science rather than just religion. Nymphomania: women"s mi, violent desire for sex. Wide symptoms from public masturbation to flirty glances. Thought of as a progressive condition - in the third stage the patient becomes violent, attacks men and even dogs in her search for sexual satisfaction. Acts as a form of moral control.
