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{{Infobox disease
|Name        = Excessive sexual drive
|ICD10       = {{ICD10|F|52|7|f|50}}
|ICD9        = {{ICD9|302.89}}
}}

'''Hypersexuality''', or '''excessive sexual drive''', are medical terms for a desire to engage in [[sexual activities]]<ref>{{DorlandsDict|four/000051275|hypersexuality}}</ref> at a level that is considered abnormally high in relation to [[normality (behaviour)|normal]] [[developmental psychology|development]] or [[culture]] and at a level that causes distress or serious problems for the person affected or to persons associated with them. It is considered to be a [[Psychology|psychological]] [[mental illness|disorder]] characterized by a hyperactive [[Libido|sex desire]] and an [[Obsessive-compulsive disorder|obsession]] with [[sexual activity|sex]], and lowered [[sexual inhibition]]s.
Hypersexuality in women has historically been known as '''nymphomania''' or '''furor uterinus''', while in men, the disorder has been known as '''satyriasis'''.

In the [[American Psychiatric Association]]'s classification of mental disorders, [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders|DSM-IV]], the term "hypersexuality" has replaced the concepts of "nymphomania" and "'satyriasis", which are no longer listed. However, in the [[World Health Organization]]'s [[International Classification of Diseases]] (ICD), which is used globally, ''satyriasis'' (for males) and ''nymphomania'' (for females) are still used in most recent{{When|date=September 2010}} version of that document, [[ICD-10]], as subdivisions of the diagnosis "excessive sexual drive" (code F52.7).<ref name = ICD10>[http://www.who.int/classifications/apps/icd/icd10online/ International Classification of Diseases, version 2007.]</ref> For the etymology of the words, see [[nymph]] and [[satyr]].

==Associated conditions==
People who suffer from [[bipolar disorder]] may often display tremendous swings in sex drive depending on their mood. As currently defined in the DSM, hypersexuality is a criterion symptom of [[hypomania]] and [[mania]] in [[bipolar disorder]] and [[mania]] in [[schizoaffective disorder]].

Several neurological conditions such as [[Alzheimer's disease]],<ref>Dhikav, V., Anand, K., & Aggarwal, N. (2007). Grossly disinhibited sexual behavior in dementia of Alzheimer's type. ''[[Archives of Sexual Behavior]], 36,'' 133-134.</ref> various types of [[Acquired brain injury|brain injury]],<ref>Miller, B. L., Cummings, J. L., McIntyre, H., Ebers, G., & Grode, M. (1986). Hypersexuality or altered sexual preference following brain injury. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 49, 867–873. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1028946</ref> [[Klüver-Bucy syndrome]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/kluver_bucy/kluver_bucy.htm|title=NINDS Klüver-Bucy Syndrome Information Page|author=National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke|accessdate=2009-10-10}}</ref> [[Kleine-Levin syndrome]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Kleine-Levin syndrome: a systematic review of 186 cases in the literature|url=http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=17391172|author=I. Arnulf, J. M. Zeitzer, J. File, N. Farber, E. Mignot|accessdate=2009-10-10}}</ref> and many more neuro-degenerative diseases can cause hypersexual behavior. Importantly, at times, drugs such as [[methamphetamine]] could contribute to hypersexual behavior.

==See also==
{{Portal box|Psychology|Sexuality}}
* [[Asexuality]]
* [[Persistent sexual arousal syndrome]]
* [[Sexual addiction]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/kluver_bucy/kluver_bucy.htm The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - Kluver-Bucy Syndrome]

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