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Ment Illn. 2016 Nov 23;8(2):6546. doi: 10.4081/mi.2016.6546. eCollection 2016 Nov 23.

A Case of Mania Presenting with Hypersexual Behavior and Gender Dysphoria that Resolved with Valproic Acid.

Mental illness

Michelle R Heare, Maria Barsky, Lawrence R Faziola

Affiliations

  1. University of California , Irvine.
  2. Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California , Irvine, CA, USA.

PMID: 27994833 PMCID: PMC5136748 DOI: 10.4081/mi.2016.6546

Abstract

Hypersexuality and gender dysphoria have both been described in the literature as symptoms of mania. Hypersexuality is listed in the

Keywords: Psychiatry; gender dysphoria; hypersexual; mania

Conflict of interest statement

the authors declare no potential conflict of interest.

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