Bhatia M S, Anurag Jhanjee, Amit Jindal.
Hypersexual behavior in depression responded to escitalopram.
J Pak Psych Soc Jan ;7(2):106-7.

We report a 49-year old patient presented with moderate depressive episode with hypersexual symptoms. There was past history of three episodes of depressive disorder with hypersexual behavior in past two years. The patient was treated with a SSRI, escitalopram and showed complete remission of hypersexual symptoms with improvement of depressive episode. Hyposexuality has been described as a symptom of depression. This is the first reported case of hypersexual behavior in major depressive disorder, unipolar type.

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