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Abstract
Persistent pattern of failure to control intense, repetitive sexual impulses or urges resulting in repetitive sexual behavior. Symptoms may include repetitive sexual activities becoming a central focus of the person’s life to the point of neglecting health and personal care or other interests, activities and responsibilities; numerous unsuccessful efforts to significantly reduce repetitive sexual behavior; and continued repetitive sexual behavior despite adverse consequences or deriving little or no satisfaction from it. (https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1630268048)
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- Addictive Sex
- Compulsive Sexual Behavior
- Hypersexuality Disorder
- Sex Addiction
- Sexaholism
- Sexual Addiction
- Sexual Compulsiveness
- Sexual Obsession
- Addiction, Sex
- Addiction, Sexual
- Addictions, Sex
- Addictions, Sexual
- Behavior, Compulsive Sexual
- Behaviors, Compulsive Sexual
- Compulsive Sexual Behaviors
- Compulsiveness, Sexual
- Compulsivenesses, Sexual
- Disorder, Hypersexuality
- Disorders, Hypersexuality
- Hypersexuality Disorders
- Obsession, Sexual
- Obsessions, Sexual
- Sex Addictions
- Sex, Addictive
- Sexaholisms
- Sexual Addictions
- Sexual Behavior, Compulsive
- Sexual Behaviors, Compulsive
- Sexual Compulsivenesses
- Sexual Obsessions
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.
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Compulsive Behavior (2018-2024)
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- Compulsive Behavior (2018-2023)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000096583. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000096583
- Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsive_sexual_behaviour_disorder
- Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5958573