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Episode 6: Here comes the Science bit...

Sangita Myska speaks to a neuroscientist whose scanned the brains of sex addicts and hears the fierce debate among therapists over whether sex addiction really exists.

The term 'sex addiction' is bandied about the news and on therapy couches. But can you really be addicted to sex in the same way a smoker is addicted to nicotine? Through a series of raw, barely edited interviews, this podcast is a search for that answer. Sangita Myska goes behind the scenes at a sex addiction centre to meet the patients, their partners, and the therapists attempting to cure them. It’s not for the faint hearted, we've kept in the explicit language - no ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ bleeping here - because we think it helps you understand the people you're listening to.

Producer: Sarah Shebbeare

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Does sex addiction really exist?

Does sex addiction really exist?

Sangita Myska investigates whether sex addiction really exists, and if so, what it is.

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