BIOLOGY 116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Barriers: physicians and discussing sex with their patients: lack of training in take a sex history insu cient knowledge: treatment, dysfunction symptoms, how to communicate discomfort, embarrassment time constraints. Ageism: assumption that older ppl dont have sex assumption of heterosexual monogomous married relationships. Sex therapists: mental health professionals do not have patients take o clothes, touch them, etc. must be certi ed and trained treatment is entirely voluntary. Relevant issues: communication issues, cognitive distortions aversion to sex at all limiting beliefs due to religion mental health issues, trauma history self image issues. Similarities b/w men and women: timing of orgasm sexual response slows with age both can orgasm in their sleep subjective experience of orgasm. Hsd: hypoactive sexual desire desire discrepancy b/w partners. Lack on interest in sexual activity: before activity takes place lack of responsive interest: occurs after sexual activity starts. Erectile disorder, ed inability to obtain/maintain an erection result in embarrassment, shame, depression caused usually by performance anxiety.
