Youth and Porn Resource Kit3.4 Problematic Porn Usage
3.4
Youth and Porn: Problematic Porn Usage
This resource will help improve your general knowledge and care of problematic porn usage.
What is ‘problematic porn usage’?
What are the signs and clinical presentations?
Are some young people more vulnerable to problematic porn usage?
How do we assess for problematic porn usage?
How do we help a young person wanting to cut down their porn usage?
How do we help a young person with problematic porn usage?
Shame reduction
WHAT is this resource?
This resource is for health professionals wanting to improve their understanding and knowledge of problematic porn usage. It offers information on understanding the continuum of porn-related experiences, clinical presentations, online assessment tools, and pathways of care.
WHEN and HOW do we use this?
This can be used as a tool to improve your knowledge of problematic porn usage and to help inform the assessment and care of young people struggling with their porn usage. It can also be used collaboratively with a young person to help them better understand the spectrum of porn-related distress, and to explore assessment tools, self-help strategies, and treatment options.
“It’s hard to admit you have a problem with porn or to even say that it’s involved in your life. People want out of it so bad, but it’s hard to say it to parents or anyone. It’s embarrassing and you feel like you have betrayed yourself.”
Male, 18yrs