Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Sildenafil, Episiotomy, Helen Singer Kaplan

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Corey Isaacs

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Psych 2075 chapter 18 notes on sexual disorders and. Monday, april 16, 2018 sexual disorders and problems. Sexual disorder: when a problem with sexual response causes signi cant psychological distress or interpersonal dif culty. Some examples are men having trouble getting hard or women having trouble orgasming. Whether or not we see something as a disorder depends on social and cultural context in which we live. Most of us encounter sexual problems that have gone away in a day or months without treatment. In nb 59% of the men and 68% of the women reported experiencing a sexual problem in the previous 18 months but none had sought treatment. Almost all uni students had experienced one or more sexual problems (6 on average) Chinese and other asian ethnocultural community groups are more likely than euro- canadians to experience sexual problems * Until the 60s, the only available for sexual treatment was long-term psychoanalysis which was costly and not particularly effective.