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Methods: Literature up to February 2023 was reviewed, with 25 searches selected. Results: Forty-two articles were included in the review. Conclusion: Hypersexuality is a potentially clinically relevant condition consisting of one or more dysfunctional and pathological behaviours of one\u2019s sexual sphere and graded according to the severity of impairment of subjective acting out; for this reason, the Perrotta Hypersexuality Global Spectrum of Gradation (PH-GSS) is suggested, which distinguishes high-functioning forms (pro-active and dynamic hypersexuality) from those of attenuated and corrupted functioning (dysfunctional and pathological hypersexuality of grades I and II). Future research is hoped to address the practical needs of this condition, such as the exact etiopathology, the role of oxytocin in dopaminergic hypotheses (and its ability to attenuate the symptomatology suffered by the patient in terms of manic drive), the best structural and functional personality framing of the subject, and the appropriate therapy to pursue.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph20105844","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,18]],"date-time":"2023-05-18T07:35:50Z","timestamp":1684395350000},"page":"5844","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["The Concept of \u201cHypersexuality\u201d in the Boundary between Physiological and Pathological Sexuality"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0229-5562","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Giulio","family":"Perrotta","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Istituto per lo Studio delle Psicoterapie\u2014ISP, Via San Martino Della Battaglia n. 31, 00185 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Bernorio, R., Mori, G., Casnici, F., and Polloni, G. 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