PSYC 235 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Vaginal Lubrication, Propranolol, Pelvic Pain
2 Dec 2016
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Week ten sexual dysfunctions, paraphilic disorders, and gender. Dysphoria i: identify the defining features and diagnostic criteria for sexual dysfunction disorders, understand the etiology of, and treatment options for sexual dysfunction disorders, integrate theoretical perspectives on the biological, psychological, and social aspects of sexual dysfunction disorders. Begins with desire phase: sexual urges in response to sexual cues/fantasies. Arousal: experience subjective sense of pleasure & physiological signs of arousal, males. Penile tumescence (increase flow of blood into the penis & erection: females. Vasocongestion (blood pools in the pelvic area) leading to vaginal lubrication & breast tumescence (erect nipples) Feelings of inevitability of ejaculation, followed by ejaculation: females. Contractions of the walls of the lower third of the vagina. Resolution: decrease in arousal occurs after orgasm, more in males than females. Sexual dysfunction may occur at desire, arousal or orgasm. Persistent or recurrently deficient (or absent) sexual/erotic thoughts or fantasies. Occurs during 75- as age & socio- cultural context.
