PSYCH 380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder, Human Sexual Response Cycle, Erectile Dysfunction
20 Apr 2016
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Chapter 13 disorders of sex and gender. Sexual dysfunctions are disorders in which people cannot respond normally in key areas of sexual function: as many as 31% of men and 43% of women in the u. s. suffer from such a dysfunction during their lives. Sexual dysfunctions are typically very distressing, and often lead to sexual frustration, guilt, loss of self-esteem, and interpersonal problems: often these dysfunctions are interrelated; many patients with one dysfunction experience another as well. The human sexual response can be described as a cycle with four phases: desire, excitement, orgasm, resolution. Disorder of sexual desires affect one or more of these phases. Desire phase of the sexual response cycle: consists of an urge to have sex, sexual fantasies, and sexual attraction to others. Two dysfunctions affect this phase: male hypoactive sexual desire disorder. For at least 6 months, individual repeatedly experiences few or no sexual fantasies, thoughts, or desires: female sexual interest/arousal disorder.
