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A variant of nymphomania in association with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Aisling Mulligan ,
Marcus Webb  and
Michael Gill
Aisling Mulligan*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, and Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland
Marcus Webb
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, and Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland
Michael Gill
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, and Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland
*
*Senior Registrar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Regional Child and Family Centre, St Mary's Hospital, Dublin Road, Drogheda, Ireland
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Abstract

A case is described of female compulsive sexual behaviour in association with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This patient had non-paraphitic compulsive heterosexual multiple partner behaviour, which is a symptom complex previously termed nymphomania. There were also nonsexual obsessions, compulsions and avoidance behaviours diagnostic of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The case is presented for its clinical interest, because ‘nymphomania’ is rare, and because the patient presented with symptoms subtly different to others in the literature. The patient consented to her case being reported in the medical literature.

Keywords

Compulsive sexual behaviourObsessive-compulsive disorderNymphomania

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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , September 2002 , pp. 96 - 98
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2002

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