Psychology 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder, Erectile Dysfunction, American Urological Association

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: William Fisher

Document Summary

Objectives: history of sexual dysfunction, diagnosis of sexual dysfunction, prevalence of sexual dysfunction, treatment of sexual dysfunction. Freud - everything is driven by unconscious behaviour and un-socialized and aggressive behaviours: you would never treat the symptom, bc something worse would arise. If you reported that you enjoy clitoral orgasms, they would tell you that this is immature and you would be informed of more mature sexual patterns. Disorders of sexual function: the sexual response cycle. Low sexual desire vs. hyperactive sexual desire: low desire is just a dysfunction, hyperactive is not a dysfunction; people assume hypersexuality is stereotypical of men. Diagnosis of sexual dysfunction: desire phase, arousal phase, orgasm phase, coital pain. Prevalence of sexual dysfunction: sexual problems and distress in united. 4: arousal disorders very common- peaking around menopause, desire problems is very common, curves are very steep around menopause. Loss of interest in sex - not age related, all around 13-17%, lower than fisher"s own study.