HLTHAGE 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Sexual Addiction, Consumerism, Russell Brand
7 Dec 2018
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Sex addiction differs from substance addiction on the concept of predictability: many believe with substances a kind of monotony develops as a person becomes addicted. Late 20th century addiction as a concept growing in importance and power. An industry of experts arose to deal with the new disease journal of sexual addiction and compulsivity, anonymous groups, screening tools (e. g. sexual addiction screening. : in consumerism, realness of sex addiction immaterial. Kim young is one of the leading experts on sex addiction. Not concerned with the validity of evidence. In dsm-iii, tolerance or withdrawal required for a diagnosis of addiction: dsm-iv - no longer required. Keane: rise of neurobiology as an explanatory factor for everything. Clarkson and kopaczewski: anti-porn advocates attempt to demonstrate that the brain is irrecoverably harmed and porn necessarily addicting. Sex addiction demonstrates that it"s not necessary for scientific consensus to create (and treat) a perceived epidemic.
