Patrick Carnes (born 1944) is an American supporter from the point of view that some sexual behaviors can be seen as addictions. He popularized the term sex addiction.
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Education and career
Carnes received his Ph.D. in counselor education and organizational development from the University of Minnesota in 1980. He was awarded the Society's Lifetime Achievement Award for Advancement in Sexual Health (SASH), formerly known as the National Council on Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity (NCSAC). Each year, SASH awarded the Carnes Award for worthy researchers and doctors who have made outstanding contributions to the field of sexual medicine.
She has worked in the area of ââsexual addiction in a number of other capacities, the clinical director for sexual assault services at The Meadows in Wickenburg, Arizona, editor-in-chief of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention official National Council of Sexual Addiction/Compulsivity), board member of the National Council of Sexual Addiction/Compulsivity Organizations, advisors on the national advisory board of the American Academy of Health Care Providers in Addictive Disorders. Carnes is the Founder and Senior Consultant of the Soft Line at The Meadows located in Wickenburg, Arizona.
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Theory and criticism
Carnes attributes the source of addiction to an addict trust system. He believes that the fundamental momentum for addiction is provided by certain "wrong or wrong" core beliefs. "Generally, addicts do not consider themselves as valuable, nor do they believe that others will care about them or meet their needs if everything is known about them, including addiction, and finally they believe that sex is their most important need. Gender is what keeps isolation arrested If you do not trust people, one thing that is true about sex - and alcohol, food, gambling, and risk - is that it always does what it promises - for now, our definition of addiction, with sex - and not people. "
Carnes believes that at least 40% of female Internet users are involved in troubled cybersex.
Carnes's notion of sexual addiction is controversial. Carnes acknowledges that "The term sexual addiction does not appear in DSM-IV.In fact, the word addiction itself does not appear." He continued, saying that "Every edition of this book is a consensus at the time of publication of what constitutes a mental disorder." Each subsequent edition has reflected a change in understanding The DSM system, therefore, is best seen as 'work in process not from' bible '. "
Books
- Get Out of Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction (1983)
- Do not Call This Love â ⬠(1992)
- Contrary to Love: Helping Sexual Addicts . Hazelden Publishing. 1994. p.Ã, 312. ISBNÃ, 1568380593.
- Recovery Zone, Volume I (2010)
- Affected Home (2011)
References
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