• It is controversial whether it should be included as a clinical diagnosis used by mental healthcare professionals. (wikipedia.org)
  • Specifically, respondent alleges that hypersexuality is not a condition or diagnosis generally accepted by the relevant scientific community and thus, the use of expert testimony for that purpose should be precluded under Frye v. United States (293 F 1013, 54 App. (findlaw.com)
  • Hypersexuality is a term used for a presumed mental disorder causing people to engage in or think about sex to a point of distress or impairment. (wikipedia.org)
  • In this proceeding under Article 10 of the Mental Hygiene Law, respondent Victor H. moved by motion, dated April 28, 2016, for an order precluding all testimony at trial concerning the condition of hypersexuality as that term is defined in the Petition for Civil Commitment filed by the State of New York ("Petitioner" or "the State") on December 12, 2013. (findlaw.com)
  • Nymphomania and satyriasis were terms previously used for the condition in women and men, respectively. (wikipedia.org)
  • Clinicians have yet to reach a consensus over how best to describe hypersexuality as a primary condition, or to determine the appropriateness of describing such behaviors and impulses as a separate pathology. (wikipedia.org)
  • On October 2, 2017, this Court issued an oral decision, on the record, denying respondent's motion, and finding that the condition of hypersexuality is generally accepted within the relevant psychological community. (findlaw.com)
  • Clinicians have yet to reach a consensus over how best to describe hypersexuality as a primary condition, or to determine the appropriateness of describing such behaviors and impulses as a separate pathology. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hypersexual behaviors are viewed variously by clinicians and therapists as a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or "OCD-spectrum disorder", an addiction, or a disorder of impulsivity. (wikipedia.org)
  • Other associated factors include psychological components (which affect mood and motivation as well as psychomotor and cognitive functions), spiritual control, mood disorders, sexual trauma, and intimacy anorexia as causes or type of sex addiction. (wikipedia.org)
  • Is "sex addiction" an excuse for philandering or is it a mental illness? (utoronto.ca)
  • Dr. James Cantor is head of the Law and Mental Health Research Section at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a professor at U of T. He spoke recently with U of T Magazine editor Scott Anderson about what "sex addiction" is and is not. (utoronto.ca)
  • Nymphomania and satyriasis were terms previously used for the condition in women and men, respectively. (wikipedia.org)
  • In psychoanalytic literature, the terms used were nymphomania and satyriasis. (utoronto.ca)
  • Hypersexuality is known to present itself as a symptom in connection to a number of mental and neurological disorders. (wikipedia.org)
  • As defined in the DSM-IV-TR, hypersexuality can be a symptom of hypomania or mania in bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder. (wikipedia.org)
  • Consistent with there not being any consensus over what causes hypersexuality, authors have used many different labels to refer to it, sometimes interchangeably, but often depending on which theory they favor or which specific behavior they were studying. (wikipedia.org)
  • Injuries to this part of the brain increase the risk of aggressive behavior and other behavioral problems including personality changes and socially inappropriate sexual behavior such as hypersexuality. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hypersexuality is a term used for a presumed mental disorder causing people to engage in or think about sex to a point of distress or impairment. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some people with borderline personality disorder (sometimes referred to as BPD) can be markedly impulsive, seductive, and extremely sexual. (wikipedia.org)
  • People with bipolar disorder may often display tremendous swings in sex drive depending on their mood. (wikipedia.org)
  • But because there's little research literature, we don't know if people have one problem but are mislabeling it to avoid the stigma of another label, or if we're even talking about one disorder or many. (utoronto.ca)