Hypersexuality

Hypersexuality

Hypersexuality is a pathological increase in sexual drive and activity. Recognized causes include bilateral temporal lobe damage, as in the Klüver-Bucy syndrome, septal damage, hypothalamic disease (rare) with or without subjective increase in libido, and drug-treatment in Parkinson’s disease. Hypersexuality is also a feature of the Kleine-Levin syndrome. Sexual disinhibition may be a feature of frontal lobe syndromes, particularly of the orbitofrontal cortex.

Cross References

Disinhibition; Frontal lobe syndromes; Klüver-Bucy syndrome