Sexual addiction portrayed in cinema

Abstract

Hospital staff at Homewood Health Centre in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, were asked to evaluate the educational use of cinema footage versus traditional didactic presentation to portray concepts of sexual addiction and compulsivity. Most of the respondents found both presentation types equally informative. A combination of lecture presentation with illustrative video clips was recommended by many survey respondents. Sensitivity to the graphic nature of some of the film clips was noted by part of this professional audience. Further study is required to determine the possible usefulness of cinema illustration of compulsive sexual behavior in the assessment or treatment of sexually compulsive patients.