MFT Practice Exam Sex Therapy Flashcards
<p>The Comstock Law</p>
<p>Law stated contraceptives as obscene and illicit, making it a federal offense to disseminate birth control through the mail or across state lines</p>
<p>Sexual Dysfunction</p>
<p>* Impairment or difficulty that affects sexual performance or produces sexual pain</p>
<p>* Diagnosis that a disturbance in sexual desire or the psycho-physiological components of one' sexual response (i.e. orgasm) cycle causes significant distress and interpersonal difficulty</p>
<p>People with Dysfunctions</p>
<p>* Often avoids sexual opportunities</p>
<p>* Feel inadequate or incompetent</p>
<p>* Find it difficult to talk about</p>
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<p>Sexual Dysfunction</p>
<p>Psycho-cultural Causes of Sexual Dysfunction</p>
<p>* Restrictive family upbringing</p>
<p>* Religious Influences</p>
<p>* Expectations</p>
<p>* Poor knowledge and practice</p>
<p>* Gay orientation</p>
<p>* Relationship issues</p>
<p>Spectatoring</p>
<p>During coitus, thinking is focused on past dysfunction (e g. loss of erection when about to penetrate) and causing it to happen</p>
<p>Psychological Causes of Sexual Dysfunction</p>
<p>* Anxiety/Stress</p>
<p>* Depression</p>
<p>* Neurotic guilt</p>
<p>* Unresolved childhood conflicts</p>
<p>Types of Sexual Dysfunction</p>
<p>* Primary</p>
<p>* Secondary</p>
<p>* Total</p>
<p>* Situational</p>
<p>Primary Sexual Dysfunction</p>
<p>Lifelong, has always been there. For example, never been able to orgasm.</p>
<p>Secondary Sexual Dysfunction</p>
<p>* Exists now</p>
<p>* Earlier function is okay</p>
<p>Total Sexual Dysfunction</p>
<p>* Exists in all circumstances</p>
<p>* Alone or with anyone</p>
<p>Situational Sexual Dysfunction</p>
<p>Only in particular situations, e.g., can orgasm with mistress, but not with wife</p>
<p>Possible Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction</p>
<p>* Medical prescription addition or change</p>
<p>* Behavior therapy</p>
<p>* Relationship therapy</p>
<p>* Psycho-dynamic therapy, look to unconscious</p>
<p>Treatment for Sexual Dysfunction involves:</p>
<p>* Determine cause and type, if possible</p>
<p>* Ascertain if person wants to change</p>
<p>Causes of Sexual Dysfunction</p>
<p>* Organic/Biological</p>
<p>* Sociocultural</p>
<p>* Psychological</p>
<p>* Relational</p>
<p>* Cognitive</p>