PSY E245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder, Delayed Ejaculation, Premature Ejaculation
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Deficient or absent sexual thoughts, fantasies and desire for sexual activity. Symptoms must be distressing and persist for 6 months. Dsm 5 treats desire and arousal problems separately for men. For women the disorder is female sexual interest/arousal disorder. Difficulties obtaining/maintaining an erection during sexual activity. Present for 6 months and must cause distress. Several influencing factors: smoking, heart disease, age. Depression decreases sex drive; medication for depression decreases sex drive. Psychological factors contributed to feeling guilt about sexual pleasure. Performance anxiety response of individuals who feel need to perform" well sexually. Worried that they will not meet expectations of their partner. Become a spectator of their own performance: focus is on the performance oppose. Anxiety inhibits a parasympathetic branch which is important in spontaneous to enjoying the sex sexual arousal. Marked delay, infrequency, or absence of ejaculation. Marked by delay, infrequency or absence of orgasm.
