[quote:772c9e698a="Nmd"].... это я на случай, если кто не понял шутки Encephalona, а то я в "Наши дети" пошутила по поводу тонкой русской души, так не поняли - решили, что всерьёз.[/quote:772c9e698a]
Ну если по правде говоря, то я не шутил.
Етот термин (т.е. описание состояния / поведения) используется в Behavioral Medicine.
Вы правы только в том, что это не диагноз как отдельная нозологическая единица. Причин, которые могут вызвать такое состояние может быть очень даже много (как соматических, так и психических). Диагноз ставят по причине, которое вызвало такое поведение/состояние.
FYI:
[b:772c9e698a]Nymphomania[/b:772c9e698a] is a layperson's term used to label a woman whose sex drive or sexual activity is subjectively deemed too high. The word nymphomania, “historically known as uterine furor,” comes from the Greek term “nympho,” (feminine elegance, beauty, charm) and the obvious mania, meaning obsession or madness. The clinical conditions that include the concept of high levels of sexual desire and/or activity are hypersexuality and sexual addiction or compulsivity. The central features of these disorders are that sexual activity is an insatiable need, often interfering with other areas of everyday functioning; sex is impersonal, with no emotional intimacy; and despite frequent orgasms, sexual activity is generally not satisfying. The medical science, however, was divided over whether nymphomania was a problem of the genitals or of the brain.
The label of nymphomania is used almost exclusively in reference to women. To many men, the idea of a woman with a greater sex drive than their own is somewhat threatening, so they may use the label to preserve their own egos by "proving" that the woman is abnormal. Similarly, men with sexual dysfunction might accuse their partners of being oversexed in an effort to hide their own fears or sense of inadequacy, just as some women who object to the frequency of their partner's sexual advances might accuse him of being oversexed. The difference is that the double standard which exists in our society congratulates a man who is highly sexed and has many partners, calling him a "stud", whereas a woman with the same behavior is often called a "nympho", which carries a negative connotation.
Nymphomania - made its appearance as a sexual deviation in the first DSM which appeared in 1951, and this was changed to a psychosexual disorder in the DSM III in 1980. The diagnostic category in both cases was ambiguous and not helpful since there were no specific diagnostic criteria and no instructions to the mental health practitioners on how to recognize it. The DSM IIIR labeled it a sexual addiction, but this was dropped in DSM IV
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а то не хотят использовать ето слово , паразитки, им бы все бешенство да бешенство. 
