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| Recurrent disturbances or difficulties w/ 1 or more of the following: sexual desire, sexual arousal, orgasms, or sexual pain |
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| Primary (sexual dysfunctions) |
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| Lifelong; may be due to illness or hormonal changes |
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| Secondary (sexual dysfunctions) |
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| Acquired; may be due to trauma or hormonal changes |
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| Other Distinctions (sexual dysfunctions) |
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| Generalized or Situational |
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| Causes (sexual dysfunctions) |
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| Chronic alcohol & cocaine use, meds for hypertension, depression, and seizures - inhibit or interfere w/ sexual desire |
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| Common Emotional & Psychological Factors (sexual dysfunctions) |
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| Anxiety, past trauma, rel conflicts |
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| Cultural Factors (sexual dysfunctions) |
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| Sex guilt - may lead to inhibitions and difficulties |
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| Deficit in sexual desire and fantasies |
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| Hypoactive Sexual Desire & Sexual Aversion Disorder |
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| Causes (Hypoactive Sexual Desire) |
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| Lifestyle changes, medications, cultural factors - prevalence: mostly women, growing in men |
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| Treatment (Hypoactive Sexual Desire) |
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| Helen Singer Kaplan's Tri-phasic model of sexual response w/ psychological component - 1. Desire: think about sex & want it; 2. Excitement; 3. Orgasm |
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| Extreme aversion to any type of sexual contact/conduct including thinking about, or talking about sex, or looking at sexual items |
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| Causes (Sexual Aversion Disorder) |
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| Sex guilt, trauma, insecurities |
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| Treatment (Sexual Aversion Disorder) |
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| Communication and counseling |
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| Male Erectile Dysfunction & Female Sexual Arousal Disorder |
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| Male Erectile Dysfunction |
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| Difficulty achieving or maintaining an erection sufficient to allow the man to engage in or complete sexual intercourse |
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| Causes (Male Erectile Dysfunction) |
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| Primary or secondary; situational or generalized; performance anxiety, stress, substance abuse |
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| Treatment (Male Erectile Dysfunction) |
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| Pharmaceutical: self injection Erection Program to induce instant erection, Viagra & other pills that help to stay erect after become excited; Non-surgical: Erectaid - penis pump; Surgical: implant pump to keep semi-rigid |
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| Female Sexual Arousal Disorder |
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| Persistent arousal problem which involves difficulties w/ vaginal lubrication |
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| Causes (Female Sexual Arousal Disorder) |
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| Trauma, hormonal changes, relationship issues |
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| Treatment (Female Sexual Arousal Disorder) |
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| Female & Male Orgasmic Dysfunction, Premature Ejaculation & Rapid Female Orgasm |
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| Female Orgasmic Dysfunction |
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| Anorgasmia, inhibited female orgasm |
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| Treatment (Female Orgasmic Dysfunction) |
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| Sensate focus therapy, foreplay |
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| Male Orgasmic Dysfunction |
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| Inhibited male orgasm, retarded ejaculation |
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| Causes & Treatment (Male Orgasmic Dysfunction) |
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| Sex guilt, stress; relaxation |
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| Set of specific sexual exercises for therapy aimed at increasing personal & interpersonal awareness of self and the other's needs; each participant is encouraged to focus on their own varied sense experience, rather than to see orgasm as the sole goal of sex |
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| Most common of all male sexual dysfunctions; ejaculation during the early stages of sexual excitement or soon after the insertion of the penis into the vagina |
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| Causes & Treatment (Premature Ejaculation) |
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| Feeling rushed or in a hurry; Squeeze Technique - to stop vasocongestion or Start-Stop Technique to stop the feeling |
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| Orgasm disorder in which females experience multiple orgasms; rarely reported, generally ignored by clinicians & not recognized by the DSM |
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| Painful intercourse; can affect both men & women |
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| Causes & Treatment (Dyspareunia) |
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| Trauma, STIs, minor cuts, scrapes, bumps, etc; changing positions, ointments/cremes, waiting until healed |
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| Involuntary contraction of the muscles that surround the outer third of the vagina |
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| Cause & Treatment (Vaginismus) |
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| Trauma; therapy, counseling, exercises |
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| Mutual responsibility, info & education, modification of attitudes, expectations & sexual scripts, elimination of performance anxiety, relevant interpersonal factors |
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| Work depicting the vision of an artist working with the human form naked |
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| Art nudes in playboy style |
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| Object or situation of interest; specialty item outside of the norm |
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| Sexually explicit phone conversation |
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| Act of undressing, especially in a performance or striptease; most widely known sector of the the adult industry |
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| Live virtual sex shows typically involving stripping, masturbation, fetishism, or pornography |
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| Paraphilias and abnormal attractions |
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| Recurrent intense sexually arousing fantasies, urges, or behavior that last at least 6 months & are distressing or cause problems to the person |
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| Mostly seen in men; involve objects, non-consenting partners, or physical pain or humiliation; combinations of different paraphilias are common; usually develop during adolescence & frequently show life-long patterns |
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| Paraphilia involving using an object to obtain sexual arousal or satisfaction; object is often required for arousal; shoes, leather, & rubber are common objects of fetish |
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| Paraphilia involving focus on non-sexual body parts such as feet |
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| Paraphilia in which heterosexual men get sexual pleasure from wearing women's clothing & have male gender identity and no desire for sex reassignment surgery; cross dressing is occasional |
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| Sexual arousal from inflicting pain or emotional suffering on another person |
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| Sexual arousal from being subjected to physical pain or humilitation |
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| Sexual sadism & masochism - about power, control & trust |
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| Paraphilia involving exposing one's genitals to unsuspecting persons; 30-50% of women report being victims |
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| Paraphilia involving observing an unsuspecting person undressing or engaging in sexual behavior; "Peeping Tom" |
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| Paraphilia involving rubbing one's genitals against a non-consenting person's thigh or butt; usually happens in public, crowded places |
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| Paraphilia involving sexual activity w/ pre-pubescent children by someone older than 16 |
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| Pedophilia in which person has never developed mentally - can relate to children on their own level |
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| Pedophilia in which person sees child as an adult; may act out in times of stress; often alcohol related |
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| Paraphilia involving sexual activity w/ corpses |
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| Paraphilia involving sexual activity w/ feces |
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| Paraphilia involving sexual activity w/ animals |
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| Paraphilia involving sexual activity w/ enemas |
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| Paraphilia involving sexual activity w/ urine |
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| Paraphilia involving sexual activity w/ hypoxia (intentional restriction of oxygen to the brain for sexual arousal) |
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| Desire for sexual behavior at levels high enough to be considered clinically significant |
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| Having no evident sex or sex organs |
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| Behaviors that are considered normal across contexts w/ distinctions between coercive & non-coercive behaviors |
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