hypersexuality is a loose clinical term used by mental healthcare researchers and providers to describe extremely frequent or suddenly increased sexual urges or sexual activity. == overview == the merriam-webster dictionary defines hypersexual as "exhibiting unusual or excessive concern with or indulgence in sexual activity." http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypersexual sexologists have been using the term hypersexuality since the late 1800s, when krafft-ebing described several cases of extreme sexual behaviours in his seminal 1886 book, psychopathia sexualis.krafft-ebing, r. von (1886/1965). psychopathia sexualis: a medicoâforensic study (h. e. wedeck, trans.). new york: putnam. kafka, m. p. (2010). hypersexual disorder: a proposed diagnosis for dsm-v. archives of sexual behavior, 39, 377â400. the author used the term "hypersexuality" to describe conditions that would now be termed premature ejaculation. hypersexuality may be a primary condition, or the symptom of another medical disease or condition, for example klÃ¼ver-bucy syndrome or bipolar disorder. hypersexuality may also present as a side effect of medication such as drugs used to treat parkinson's disease. clinicians have yet to reach a consensus over how best to describe hypersexuality as a primary condition,stein, d. j. (2008). classifying hypersexual disorders: compulsive, impulsive, and addictive models. psychiatric clinics of north america, 31, 587â592.bancroft, j., & vukadinovic, z. (2004). sexual addiction, sexual compulsivity, sexual impulsivity or what? toward a theoretical model. journal of sex research, 41, 225â234. or to determine the appropriateness of describing such behaviors and impulses as a separate pathology. hypersexual behaviours are viewed variously by clinicians and therapists as: an addiction;orford, j. (1985). excessive appetites: a psychological view of the addictions. chichester, england: john wiley & sons.carnes, p. (1983). out of the shadows: understanding sexual addiction. minneapolis, mn: compcare. a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) or âocd-spectrum disorderâ; or a disorder of impulsivity. a number of authors do not acknowledge such a pathologylev
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