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Hypersexuality, Fetishism and Multiple Sclerosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

R. Huws ,
A. P. W. Shubsachs  and
P. J. Taylor
R. Huws*
Affiliation:
Marital and Sexual Difficulties Clinic, Whiteley Wood Clinic, Woofindin Road, Sheffield, formerly Senior Registrar at Rampton Hospital
A. P. W. Shubsachs
Affiliation:
Rampton Hospital
P. J. Taylor
Affiliation:
Special Hospitals Services Authority, formerly consultant Psychiatrist, Denis Hill (Secure) Unit, Bethlem Royal Hospital
*
∗ Correspondence
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Abstract

Hypersexuality and fetishism appeared in a patient with multiple sclerosis whose MRI scan showed frontal and temporal lesions. The hypersexuality may have been the presenting symptom of the multiple sclerosis.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 2 , February 1991 , pp. 280 - 281
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991 

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