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The internet and its role in the escalation of sexually compulsive behaviour.

As increasing numbers of patients present with problems of compulsive use of internet sex and internet pornography, psychotherapists are challenged to develop models that address the powerful, and potentially disturbing effect of this stimulus. Internet sex does not just facilitate access to sexual...

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Published in:Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 127 - 143
Main Author: Wood, Heather
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2011
Subjects:
Internet pornography addiction
Control (Psychology)
Anxiety
Compulsive behavior
Defense mechanisms (Psychology)
Dependency (Psychology)
Mental depression
Interpersonal relations
Psychoanalysis
Psychotherapy
Sex offenders
Paraphilias
World Wide Web
Therapeutics
Desensitization (Psychotherapy)
Fantasy (Psychology)
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