Psychology 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Etiology, Hypogonadism, Chronic Condition

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

Document Summary

Sexual response cycle: can have dysfunction in, desire phase, arousal phase, orgasm phase, coital pain. Prevalence of sexual dysfunction: sexual problems and distress in us women: highest at 50-59 years, waiting room reports. Peyronie"s disease: disturbance must cause marked distress or interpersonal difficulty and must not be better accounted for by the effect of another (non-sexual) psychiatric disorder, medical disorder, or substance. Prevalence of male sexual dysfunction: sexual problems of us men: age does not have much of an effect on male sexual dysfunction. Individual disclosures: qualifying information, anything else i should know. Etiology of sexual dysfunction: a bio-psycho-social approach: biological, psychological, sociocultural, interpersonal. Female and male desire phase disorders: causes, fatigue (leads to bickering/couple conflict, leading to less desire; cycle, comorbid sexual dysfunction, distractions, pressure to participate, liabilities, past trauma, testosterone, menopause, hysterectomy/oophorectomy, medications. Female study (the partners: reduced sexual desire after ed, arousal reduced after ed. Inorgasmic (global, lifelong) - primarily female: early sexual trauma.