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sexual addiction

sexual addiction Sexual addiction refers to a persistent inability to control intense, repeated sexual urges or impulses that leads to repetitive sexual behavior.

Sexual addiction refers to a persistent inability to control intense, repeated sexual urges or impulses that leads to repetitive sexual behavior. The behavior may become a central focus of life, continue despite harmful consequences or little satisfaction, and resist repeated efforts to reduce it.

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Drafting source: U.S. National Library of Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), 2026 descriptor edition. “Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder” (D000096583).
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