Human Sexuality PSY312
14 October, 2015
Hypersexuality Should Not be a Mental Disorder in the DSM Hypersexuality is a mysterious topic to researchers. How do you study something that some may take pride in and others may be too ashamed to share? Truly the only way to study hypersexuality is through the lens of other mental disabilities that cause distress to a person’s well being. As such there have been many correlational studies that look at hyper sexuality when in tangent to other disabilities. For example, there have been studies about hyper sexuality in patients with ADHD, Manic Depressive Disorder, Dementia, Bipolar Disorder, Pedophilia, Traumatic Brain Injury, Risky Sexual Behavior, and Sex Addiction. Though research is plentiful in
14 October, 2015
Hypersexuality Should Not be a Mental Disorder in the DSM Hypersexuality is a mysterious topic to researchers. How do you study something that some may take pride in and others may be too ashamed to share? Truly the only way to study hypersexuality is through the lens of other mental disabilities that cause distress to a person’s well being. As such there have been many correlational studies that look at hyper sexuality when in tangent to other disabilities. For example, there have been studies about hyper sexuality in patients with ADHD, Manic Depressive Disorder, Dementia, Bipolar Disorder, Pedophilia, Traumatic Brain Injury, Risky Sexual Behavior, and Sex Addiction. Though research is plentiful in