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>
<p>Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder</p>
<p>* Little to no interest in sex</p>
<p>* Absence of fantasy</p>
<p>* Most common in women</p>
<p>* Hard to judge what is "normal"</p>
<p>* Diagnosis is often based on individual's and/or partner's feelings are about situation</p>
<p>Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder is also called\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.</p>
<p>Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder</p>
<p>Types of Interest/Arousal Dysfunction</p>
<p>* Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder</p>
<p>* Sexual Aversion Disorder</p>
<p>* Male Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder</p>
<p>\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_is the most common sexual dysfunction in women.</p>
<p>Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder</p>
<p>Hypoactive vs. Hyperactive Disorder</p>
<p>* Hyperactive Sexual Desire Disorder is for males</p>
<p>* Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder is the female counterpart</p>
<p>Sexual Aversion Disorder</p>
<p>Persistent avoidance of all or most sexual activity.</p>
<p>Sexual Aversion Disorder is also known as
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<p>Sexual Phobia and Sexual Panic Disorder</p>
<p>Male Erectile Disorder can be characterized
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<p>* Difficulty in achieving an erection</p>
<p>* Difficulty in maintaining an erection</p>
<p>* Decrease in erectile rigidity</p>
<p>Male Erectile Disorder is also called
| \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_and\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_</p>
<p>Erectile dysfunction; Impotence</p>
<p>Sexual Arousal Disorder is also called \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_</p>
<p>Female Sexual Arousal Disorder</p>
<p>Approaches in Sex Therapy</p>
<p>* Masters & Johnson's approach</p>
<p>* Kaplan approach</p>
<p>* Insight-oriented psychotherapy</p>
<p>* Humanistic approach</p>
<p>Sex Therapy: Masters & Johnson's Approach</p>
<p>* Couple in therapy together with male/female team of therapists</p>
<p>* Two week intensive inpatient therapy with assignments</p>
<p>* Increased communication pivotal</p>
<p>Sex Therapy: Kaplan's Approach</p>
<p>* Assumes causes are both immediate and remote</p>
<p>* Both partners involved in therapy</p>
<p>Sex Therapy: Insight-oriented Psychotherapy Goal is to</p>
<p>Reactivate unconscious memory of a traumatic experience and connect it to the effect one had at the time of experience</p>
<p>Sex Therapy: Humanistic Approach</p>
<p>* Non-directive</p>
<p>* Undifferentiated Positive Regard</p>
<p>* Active listening</p>
<p>* Rephasing</p>
<p>* Pin-point feelings</p>
<p>Characteristics of Insight-oriented Psychotherapy</p>
<p>* Needs to be done in a safe time and place</p>
<p>* Takes time & energy</p>
<p>* Needs therapists trained in Humanistic Approach</p>
<p>Peyronie's Disease</p>
<p>A curvature or bend in the penis during erection</p>
