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- Impairment either in the desire for sexual gratification or the ability to achieve it
- A disruption of any part of the normal sexual response cycle |
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| group of persistent sexual behavior patterns in which unusual objects, rituals, or situations are required to fulfill sexual satisfaction; Must be demonstrated for at least 6 months; If not acted upon, the person must be highly distressed by the fantasies and urges to act |
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| culturally prohibited sexual relations between family members |
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| genital pain that is associated with sexual intercourse; ranges from mild to severe pain |
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| aversion to and active avoidance of sexual genital contact; Reactions to sexual activity can range from moderate anxiety to full blown panic attacks |
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| Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder |
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-- Deficiency or absence of sexual fantasies and desire for sexual activity
- Individual usually does not initiate sexual activity and partakes in it reluctantly
- Most common sexual dysfunction in females |
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| Dysparenuia and Vaginismus (a type of Dysparenuia occurring in women; Involuntary contraction of the vaginal muscles when vaginal penetration is attempted) |
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| Biological Causes of Sexual Dysfunction |
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-- Result of medical conditions (poor circulation, diabetes, etc.)
-- Hormonal levels-testosterone /estrogen imbalances
-- Vascular problems – arterial inflow disruption; blood leaking out slowly through veins
-- Diabetes – affects central and peripheral nervous systems and through vascular problems; stress from the disease may also affect sexual functioning
-- Alcohol
- 8-54% of men with alcoholism have erectile dysfunction
- 31-58% of men suffer from low desire
- Women with high blood alcohol levels have a longer latency to orgasm and decreased intensity or orgasm |
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| 4 Stages of the Sexual Response Cycle |
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- Appetitive (desire for sexual activity)
- Arousal (physiological arousal)
- Orgasm (involuntary muscular contractions and release of sexual tension)
- Resolution (relaxation of body after orgasm; physiologically return to normal) |
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| Prevalence of Paraphilias |
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- People with these disorders are primarily, and almost exclusively male
- Some behaviors/fantasies associated with Paraphilias may begin in childhood/early adolescence; More pronounced during adolescence and adulthood
- Course is often chronic and lifelong, but fantasies and behaviors diminish with advancing age.
- Other than sex offenders, most people with Paraphilias do not seek treatment |
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| Non-human Objects - Paraphilias |
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- Fetishism: sexual attraction and fantasies involving nonliving objects such as female undergarments
- Transvestic Fetishism: Intense sexual arousal by cross-dressing
- Autogynephilia: characterized by a man’s sexual arousal at the thought of being a woman |
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| Non-consenting Persons - Paraphilias |
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- Exhibitionism: urges, acts, or fantasies involving exposure of genitals to a stranger
- Voyeurism: urges, acts, or fantasies of observing an unsuspecting person disrobing or engaging in sexual activity
- Frotteurism: urges, acts, or fantasies of touching or rubbing against a non-consenting person
- Pedophilia: urges, acts, or fantasies involving sexual contact with a pre-pubescent child |
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| Pain or humiliation - Paraphilias |
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- Sexual Sadism: fantasies, urges or behaviors associated with inflicting physical or psychological suffering
- Sexual Masochism: fantasies, urges or behaviors associated with being humiliated, bound, or made to suffer |
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| Treatments for Sexual Dysfunctions |
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- Psycho-education for “normal” sexual practices
- Cognitive Therapy: determine the onset of the Paraphilia and it’s causal factors; restructure their thoughts about sexual practices and the behavior in question
- Behavioral Therapy: pair the behavioral focus with contrary stimuli; systematic Desensitization |
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| Intense sexual arousal by cross-dressing; must not occur during course of gender identity disorder |
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Person experiences strong and persistent cross-gender identification; assume the identity of the desired sex, but the goal is not sexual
-- Characterized by two components:
- Cross-gender identification
- Gender dysphoria: persistent discomfort about one’s biological sex or the sense that the gender role of that sex is inappropriate |
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| how one psychologically perceives him/herself as being male or female |
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| Treatment for Gender Identity Disorder |
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- Involves realigning the person’s psychological gender with their biological sex or vice versa
- Children get sex education
- Sex reassignment surgery |
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| Rate of recidivism of treatment for sexual offenders |
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- Sex offenders with deviant sexual preferences (e.g., those most attracted to children) have high rates of recidivism
- Recidivism rates for rape and sexually deviant behavior decrease with age |
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| Goals of Treatment for Sexual Offenders |
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- To modify patterns of sexual arousal
- To modify cognitions and social skills to allow more appropriate sexual interactions with adult partners
- To change habits and behavior that increase the chance of reoffending
- To reduce sexual drive |
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