Cybersex Addiction*

Net addiction - the symptoms
Cooper-Hypersexuality
Michael Uebel on the masochism of male cyberporn consumption

CYBERSEX ABUSE: A NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER
Medical researchers writing in the journal Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity report that cybersex is a new psychological addiction bringing turmoil to the lives of many men and women. Dr. Al Cooper of Stanford University, who has conducted a large and detailed survey of online sex, calls the Internet "the crack cocaine of sexual compulsivity... This is a hidden public health hazard exploding, in part, because very few are recognizing it as such or taking it seriously." The signs of cybersex addiction include: a change in sleep patterns; a demand for privacy; the shunning of other responsibilities: lying; personality changes; lost interest in partner sex; less interest in family." (New York Times 16 May 2000)


"N.Y. Gets Hip to Cybersex Woes" - Wired News

SexHelp.com - Dr. Carnes' Online Resources for Sex Addiction & Recovery

Take the Internet Sex Screening Test (ISST).

Q AND A: ELIZABETH GRIFFIN
Can you become literally addicted to Internet pornography? Elizabeth Griffin, a Minneapolis sex addiction therapist, calls pornographic material "the crack cocaine of the Internet world." She's coauthor of In the... 12/14/00(Article indexed) Interactive Week 12/12/00 http://cma.zdnet.com/texis/techinfobase/techinfobase/display.html?docid=2663430

Al Cooper
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