Bonnie K Lee Author
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Couple and relational therapy model in addictions treatment: ,conceptualization, efficacy, evaluation; Knowledge transfer barriers,, facilitators and strategies; Cultural values,beliefs in addiction and mental health; ,Immigration experience in addiction and mental health
University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada
Dr. Bonnie Lee, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences (Addictions Counselling). Dr. Lee obtained her doctoral degree from the University of Ottawa. A Registered Marriage and Family Therapist and a Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Dr. Lee favours an ecological, human systems paradigm in her teaching, clinical practice and research. Dr. Lee driving force is the desire to enhance the lives and health of individuals in their contexts of family, culture, and society.
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Author(s): Bonnie K Lee and Madison Moore
Shame and Sex Addiction: Through A Cinematic Lens
Sex addiction has been a topic of debate. With the new DSM-V (2013) category of Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders that now includes gambling disorder, other excessive behaviors including sex are poised to capture increasing attention. Depiction and clinical case studies of the progression and features of sex addiction are limited in the research literature due to ethics of confidentiality and the taboo nature of the topic. This article puts a human face to the question of sex addiction through the use of cinema as a ‘cultural text’ with the film Shame (2011). A framework for addiction comprising of the 3C&rsquo... view moreĀ»