HLTHAGE 2L03 Lecture 19: Lecture 19 - Sex Addiction Pt 2 (Mar 22)
11 Feb 2019
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Theoretical irregularities ii: sex addiction differs from substance addiction on concept of predictability, many believe with substances a kind of monotony develops as person becomes addicted. Irvine: a product of late 20th c. cultural anxieties: 1960-70s: the pill, legalization of abortion, sexual revolution, easing divorce laws, The sex addiction industry: late 20th c. addiction as a concept growing in importance and power. Industry of experts arose to deal with new disease journal of sexual addiction and. Compulsivity, anonymous groups, screening tools (e. g. sexual addiction screening test. Simple survey: reay et al: in consumerism, realness of sex addiction immaterial. Young"s online sex addiction test: kim young is one of the leading experts on sex addiction, questions regarding online services about sex, a type of screening tool, not concerned with the validity of evidence. In dsm-iii, tolerance or withdrawal required for diagnosis of addiction: dsm-iv, no longer required, keane: rise of neurobiology as explanatory factor for everything.
