Hypersexuality: Terms, Diagnostic Approaches, Conceptualization, Prevalence

The article submits some aspects of the hypersexuality problem: the terms used, its reflection in modern classifications (ICD-10, DSM-5, ICD-11 project), different models of pathological hypersexuality: obsessive-compulsive, addictive, caused by the lost of impuls control, and also associated with persistent genital arousal disorder and restless genital syndrome. Opinion is expressed that hypersexuality can be both normal and pathological, and each of the models of submitted pathological hypersexuality is useful in certain cases, since it describes the condition of a particular patient better than other models. The data on the frequency of hypersexuality are given.