Physiology of female sexual function and dysfunction [PDF]
Female sexual dysfunction is age-related, progressive, and highly prevalent, affecting 30-50% of American women. While there are emotional and relational elements to female sexual function and response, female sexual dysfunction can occur secondary to medical problems and have an organic basis.
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Sexual dysfunction and incidence of depression in multiple sclerosis patients
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common diseases of the central nervous system and usually occurs at the age when people would be expected to be in the prime of their sexual lives.
Iris Zavoreo+4 more
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Development of the Occupational Performance Inventory of Sexuality and Intimacy (OPISI): Phase One [PDF]
Background: The occupational therapy profession needs a framework to guide understanding of the occupational nature of sexuality and intimacy, assessment, intervention design, and measurement of outcomes.
Christy, Davis+6 more
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Impact of Overactive Bladder Syndrome on Female Sexual Function
The etiology of female sexual dysfunction includes psychological, physiological and iatrogenic causes. Physiological and iatrogenic causes are abdominal surgery, menopause, smoking, spinal cord injuries and some antipsychotic, antihypertensive, and ...
Serdar Toksöz, Taha Numan Yıkılmaz
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Contested psychiatric ontology and feminist critique : 'female sexual dysfunction' and the diagnostic and statistical manual [PDF]
In this article I discuss the emergence of Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD) within American psychiatry and beyond in the postwar period, setting out what I believe to be important and suggestive questions neglected in existing scholarship.
Angel, Katherine
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Differences in Perceived and Physiologic Genital Arousal Between Women With and Without Sexual Dysfunction [PDF]
Abstract Background Many sexual psychophysiologic studies have failed to find differences in physiologic genital arousal between women with and those without sexual dysfunction. However, differences in self-reported (ie, perceived) measures of genital responses between these 2 groups of women have ...
Cindy M. Meston+3 more
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Nuclear medicine procedures and the evaluation of male sexual organs: a short review [PDF]
Sexuality consists of three aspects that are interrelated and inseparable, biological, physiological and social. The biological aspect considers the individual's capability to give and to receive pleasure.
Adenilson de Souza da Fonseca+39 more
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ABSTRACTIntroductionThe article consists of six sections written by separate authors that review female genital anatomy, the physiology of female sexual function, and the pathophysiology of female sexual dysfunction but excluding hormonal aspects.AimTo review the physiology of female sexual function and the pathophysiology of female sexual dysfunction ...
Tuuli M. Kukkonen+5 more
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Self-reported Psychosexual lifestyles of University Students in South-Western Nigeria: Implication for Professional Counselling [PDF]
Human sexuality is generally described as the sum total of manner through which people experience and articulate their sexual sensation. It encompasses physiological make-up as well as socio-cultural, psychological and spiritual aspects of life ...
Adejumo, G.O.+2 more
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Female Sexual Dysfunction: Physiology, Epidemiology, Classification, Evaluation and Treatment
Sexual health is defined by the World Health Organization as the integration of somatic, emotional, intellectual, and social aspects in ways that are positively enriching and that will enhance personality, communication, and love. The female sexual response is multifaceted and involves neurovascular, endocrine, and psychosocial factors.
Chung-Hsin Yeh+5 more
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