Hypersexuality

Hypersexuality be a proposed medical condition dem say e cause unwanted anaa excessive sexual arousal, wey dey cause people to engage in anaa think about sexual activity to a point of distress anaa impairment., according to the website of Psychology Today, 2021. Whether e for be a clinical diagnosis wey mental healthcare professionals use be controversial. Na dem historically use de terms nymphomania den satyriasis to describe dis condition insyd women den men, respectively.

Hypersexuality fi be a primary condition, anaa de symptom of oda medical conditions, such as Klüver–Bucy syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder (anaa C-PTSD), bipolar disorder, brain injury, den dementia. Hypersexuality sanso fi be a side effect of medication, such as dopaminergic drugs dem use to treat Parkinson's disease. Frontal lesions wey brain injury, strokes, den frontal lobotomy cause be thought to cause hypersexuality insyd individuals wey na dem suffer dese events. Clinicians be yet to reach a consensus over how best to describe hypersexuality as a primary condition, anaa de suitability of describing such behaviors den impulses as a separate pathology.

Hypersexual behaviors be viewed by clinicians den therapists as a type of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) anaa obsessive–compulsive spectrum disorder, an addiction, anaa an impulse-control disorder. A number of authors no dey acknowledge such a pathology, den instead dey assert say de condition merely dey reflect a cultural dislike of exceptional sexual behavior.

Consistent plus having no consensus over wat dey cause hypersexuality, authors use chaw different labels to refer to am, sam times interchangeably, buh often dey depend on wich theory dem dey favor anaa wich specific behavior dem study anaa dem research; related anaa obsolete terms dey include compulsive masturbation, compulsive sexual behavior, cybersex addiction, erotomania, excessive sexual drive, hyperphilia, hypersexuality, hypersexual disorder, problematic hypersexuality, sexual addiction, sexual compulsivity, sexual dependency, sexual impulsivity, den paraphilia-related disorder.

Secof de controversy wey dey surround de diagnosis of hypersexuality, der be no generally accepted definition den measurement give hypersexuality, wey dey make am difficult to determine ein prevalence. Thus, prevalence fi vary dey depend on how e be defined den measured. Overall, hypersexuality be estimated to affect 2–6% of de population, den fi be higher insyd certain populations, like men, those wey na dem be traumatized, den sex offenders.

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