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Sexual dysfunctions Flashcards

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Attempts to measure a woman’s arousal

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Vaginal Plethysmograph

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Sexual Response cycle

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  1. Desire Phase
  2. Excitement Phase
  3. Orgasm Phase
  4. Resolution Phase
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3 Categories of Sexual Dysfunctions

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  1. Sexual Arousal
  2. Sexual Desire
  3. Sexual Interest
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Deficient or absent sexual fantasies and urges

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Hypoactive sexual disorder

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Failure to attain or maintain an erection through completion of sexual activity

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Erectile disorder

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Persistent deficits in sexual interest, biological arousal, subjective arousal

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Sexual interest / arousal disorder in women

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Persistent absence of orgasm after sexual excitement

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Female orgasmic disorder

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Persistent difficulty in ejaculating

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Delayed ejaculation

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Persistent or recurrent pain during intercourse

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Genito-pelvic pain disorder

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2 immediate causes of sexual disorders

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  • fears about performance

- adoption of spectator role

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Psychosocial factors

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Rape, childhood sexual abuse, and other degrading encounters

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Sexual abuse during childhood is associated with _______________

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Diminished arousal and desire

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_____ and _____ increase the risk of sexual dysfunctions

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Depression and anxiety

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Too much _____ and _____ impede sexual functioning

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Stress and exhaustion

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Instrument used to measure arousal in men

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Penile plethysmograph

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Treatments of Sexual Dysfunctions

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  • Anxiety reduction
  • directed masturbation
  • procedures to change attitudes and thoughts
  • skills and communications training
  • couples therapy
  • medication and physical treatment
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Gradual and systemic exposure to anxiety provoking aspects of the sexual situation

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Anxiety reduction

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To enhance women’s comfort with and enjoyment of their sexuality; helpful in treatment of orgasmic disorder

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Directed masturbation

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Clients are encouraged to focus on the pleasant sensations that accompany even incipient sexual desire disorder

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Procedures to change attitudes and thoughts

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Skill and communication training

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  • To improve sexual skill and communication by showing videos demonstrating sexual techniques
  • encourages couples to communicate their likes and dislikes
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  • Group of disorders defined by recurrent sexual attraction to unusual objects or unusual sexual activities lasting at least 6 months
  • types are differentiated according to the source of the arousal
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PARAPHILIAS

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  • reliance on an inanimate object or a nongenital part of the body for sexual arousal
  • recurrent and intense sexual urges towards these objects
  • presence of the object is strongly preferred or even necessary for arousal
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FETISHISTIC DISORDER

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  • when adults derive sexual gratification through sexual contact with prepubertal or pubescent children
  • when they experience recurrent, intense, and distressing desires for sexual contact with children
  • offender must be at least 18 years old or at least 5 years older than the child
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PEDOHEBEPHILIC DISORDER

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Sexual relations with close relatives for whom marriage is forbidden

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  • intense and recurrent desire to obtain sexual gratification by WATCHING UNSUSPECTING OTHERS in a state of undress or having sexual relations
  • begins in adolescence
  • often have paraphilias but not elevated rates of other mental disorders
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VOYEURISTIC DISORDER

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  • recurrent, intense desire to obtain sexual gratification by exposing one’s genitals to an unwilling stranger
  • begins in adolescence
  • seldom an attempt to have actual contact with the stranger
  • triggered by anxiety and restlessness, as well as sexual arousal
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EXHIBITIONISTIC DISORDER

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  • involves sexually oriented touching of an unsuspecting person
  • often occurs in crowded places
  • occurs with other kinds of paraphilias
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FROTTEURISTIC DISORDER

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Defined by an intense and recurrent desire to obtain or increase sexual gratification by INFLICTING PAIN or psychological suffering in another

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SEXUAL SADISM DISORDER

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Defined by an intense and recurrent desire to obtain or increase sexual gratification through being subjected to PAIN OR HUMILIATION

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SEXUAL MASOCHISM DISORDER

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  • majority are men
  • androgens might play a role
  • sexual desire is higher for people with paraphilias
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NEUROBIOLOGICAL FACTORS

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  • association of inappropriate stimuli to sexual arousal

- paraphilias are considered an outcome of inadequate social skills

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PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS

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Treatment

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  • strategies to enhance motivation

- CBT

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