Disorders of Sex and Gender Flashcards
1
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4 stages of normal sexual functioning
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- Desire
- Excitement
- Orgasm
- Resolution
2
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Sexual Dysfunctions
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- drugs
- pain medications
- increased depression or anxiety
- anger
- fear of losing control of sexual urges
- divorce
- death in the family
- recent childbirth
3
Q
Disorders of Excitement
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- Erectile disorder
- hormones
- vasculature
- medications/drugs
- tests
4
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Disorders of Orgasm
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- early ejaculation
- delayed ejaculation
5
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Female Orgasmic disorder
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- persistent or recurrent delay in, or absence of, orgasm following a normal sexual excitement phase during sexual activity
- more common in single women than married or cohabitating
- treatment: self-exploration, self-stimulation, fantasies, etc
6
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Genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder
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- recurrent or persistent involuntary spasm of the muscles of the outer third of the vagina that interferes with sexual intercourse
- treatment: tightening and relaxing vaginal muscles, gradual behavioral exposure treatment
7
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Dyspareunia
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-recurrent or persistent genital pain -associated with sexual intercourse in either male or female
8
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Treatment
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- effectual awareness
- self-instruction training
- increased desire
- hormone treatment
9
Q
Paraphilias
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-over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving certain inappropriate stimuli or situations
10
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Transvestic fetishism
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-recurrent need or desire to dress in clothes of the opposite sex in order to achieve sexual arousal
11
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Exhibitionism
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- recurrent urges to expose genitals to another person or has sexually arousing fantasies of doing so
- wants to promote shock
- rarely has contact with the person
- occurs in people with poor social skills
- treatment: aversion therapy, masturbatory satiation, orgasmic reorientation, social skills training
12
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Voyeurism
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- recurrent and intense urges to secretly observe unsuspecting people as they undress or to spy on a couple having intercourse
- begins before age 15 and persist
- reinforcement of chance of observation
13
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Frotteurism
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- repeated and intense sexual urges to touch and rub against a nonconsenting person or has sexually arousing fantasies about does so
- usually committed in a crowded place
- almost always male, reduces in frequencies after mid 20’s
14
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Pedophilia
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- sexual gratification by watching, touching, or engaging in sexual acts with prepubescent children, usually 13 years or younger
- develops during adolescence
- not unusual for the perpetrators to be married
15
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Sexual Masochism
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- intense sexual arousal by the act or thought of being humiliated, beaten, bound, or otherwise made to suffer
- must result in distress or impairment to get the diagnosis
16
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Sexual Sadism
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- sexual arousal by the thought or act of inflicting suffering on others
- usually male
- association of power and sexual arousal with infliction of pain
17
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Gender Dysphoria
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- strong and persistent cross-gender identification
- men outnumber women 2:1
- persistent discomfort with one’s sex or a sense of inappropriateness in the gender role of that sex
- 1 of ever 30,000 men in Europe have requested sex change surgery
