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What is the prevalence of sexual dysfunction?

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National Health and Social Life Survey Prevalence Rates for Sexual Dysfunction:
- 43% for women
- 31% for men

Lewis, R. W. (2010)
- 30-40% for women
- 20-30% for men

Rates increase with age

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What is Sexual Dysfunction?

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Sexual dysfunctions are characterized by disturbances in sexual desire and in the psychophysiological changes associated with the sexual response cycle in men and women (DSM-IV-TR).

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What are the 4 stages of human sexual response cycle?

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The human sexual response cycle has traditionally been viewed as being comprised of four stages which are (1) Desire (2) Arousal (3) Orgasm and (4) Resolution (American Psychiatric Association, 2000).
Sexual dysfunction can happen in any of these stages, however research has focused on the first three stages.

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What did a study by Masters and Johnson find?

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  • Only tested men in early days
  • Assumed can be generalized to
    women but not the case
    Classification according to which part of the sexual response cycle is disrupted
  • desire
    hypoactive sexual desire disorder (low sexual desire level than norm)
  • arousal
    sexual arousal disorder (trouble with arousal)
  • orgasm
    sexual orgasm disorder (trouble getting an orgasm)
  • resolution

wrong

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What is the alternate sexual response cycle?

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  • Have to have willingness for desire
    (have to be in the mood)
    • Spontaneous innate desire, all
      of a sudden have desire
      without anything triggering it,
      rare
  • Usually turned on by stimuli
  • Then have to process it
    (psychologically and mentally)
  • Then get arousal, first thing is mind
    if innate then can be body
  • Arousal incr desire
  • Can get sexual satisfaction with or
    without orgasm
  • Sexual satisfaction also incr desire
  • Non sexual rewards (emotional
    intimacy, sense of physical well-
    being) also incr desire
  • Desire is complicated diff triggers etc
  • Desire starts it but need expectations and motivation to have it
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What are some Female Sexual Disorders?

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  • Sexual Desire Disorders
    Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
    Sexual Aversion Disorder
  • Sexual Pain Disorders
    Dyspareunia
    Vaginismus
  • Sexual Arousal Disorder
  • Orgasmic Disorder
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What are some Male Sexual Disorders?

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  • Premature Ejaculation
  • Prolonged Ejaculation
  • Erectile Dysfunction
  • Orgasmic Disorder
  • Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
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What are other Sexual Disorder?

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  • Sexual Dysfunction due to a general medical condition
  • Substance Induced Sexual Dysfunction
  • Sexual Dysfunction (NOS)
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What are some characteristics of Sexual Dysfunctions?

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Lifelong
- Has been happening since sexual
maturation.
or
Acquired
- Sudden onset of sexual dysfunction
after a period of normal sexual
functioning.
Generalized
- Sexual dysfunction happens in all
contexts.
or
Situational
- Sexual dysfunction is context
specific.

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What are the predisposing factors of stress in the context of sexual dysfunction?

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  • Constitutional factors (biology)
  • Prior Life Experience (problematic attachment, poor parenting during childhood, sexual and physical abuse)
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What are the precipitating factors of stress in the context of sexual dysfunction?

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An element that causes or contributes to the occurrence of a disorder or problem (mental or physical)

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What are the maintaining factors of stress in the context of sexual dysfunction?

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Internal Stress
- Stress arising from within the relationship
- sexual prob being maintained by new stress caused within the couple

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What are the contextual factors of stress in the context of sexual dysfunction?

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External Stress- Stress originating outside of the close relationship
- Acute Stress- Short-term activation
of the stress response
- Chronic Stress- Long-term stress
that one has no control over (ex:GAD)

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What is the negative feedback loop?

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Have stress factor that causes sexual problem then sexual prob causes stress that causes more sex probs (more worried about performance= less likely to perform better)

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What did McCabe find about performance anxiety?

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Found that performance anxiety has a (primary) role in the development and maintenance of a broad range of sexual dysfunctions in both men and women.

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What is performance anxiety?

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A very common sexual problem in which men and women acquire anxiety when it comes time to engage in sexual activity.
- Partner wants to have sex and make excuses cause is anxious, avoiding it reinforces the problem= bigger prob

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What is Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD)?

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Deficiency (or absence) of sexual fantasies/
thoughts, and/or desire for or receptivity to sexual activity, which causes personal distress.

Synonyms include sexual aversion, inhibited sexual desire, sexualapathy, and sexual anorexia.

HSDD is the most frequent sexual problem among women.

In its extreme form, the person not only lacks sexual desire but may find sex to be repulsive, revolting, and distasteful.

Phobic or panic responses may be present in extreme cases.

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What is
Sexual Aversion Disorder?

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Phobic aversion to and avoidance of sexual contact with a sexual partner, which causes personal distress.

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What is Dyspareunia?

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Genital pain associated with sexual intercourse.

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What is Vaginismus?

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The involuntary spasm of the musculature of the outer third of the vagina that interferes with vaginal penetration, which causes personal distress.

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What is Sexual Arousal Disorder?

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Inability to attain or maintain sufficient sexual excitement, causing personal distress, which may be expressed as a lack of subjective excitement, or genital (lubrication/swelling) or other somatic responses.

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What is Orgasmic Disorder?

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Difficulty, delay in, or absence of attaining orgasm following sufficient sexual stimulation and arousal, which causes personal distress.

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What are the Female Sexual Dysfunction Prevalence?

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The National Health and Social Life Survey (NHSLS), a population-based survey of sexual behaviour in men and women aged 18 to 59, results showed that
- 33.4% of women had persistent complaints of low sexual desire
- 20% of women reported difficulty becoming lubricated
- 14.4% of women have experienced pain during sex
- 24% of women reported a lack of orgasm
- Approximately 10% of women reported early climax

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What are the risk factors for Female Sexual Dysfunction?

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  • neurologic disease
  • stroke
  • spinal cord injury
  • parkinsonism
  • genital atrophy
  • genital surgery
  • endocrinopathies
  • diabetes
  • hyperprolactinemia
  • liver and/or renal failure
  • peripheral vascular disease
  • sexual abuse
  • psychological factors like life stressors
  • interpersonal, relationship disorders
  • medications
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What is a main point for male and females that lead to sexual problems?
A lot of sexual probs are due to lack of education
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What did Colson, et al. find about Stress and Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder?
- Found that in the 63% of subjects with jobs, sexual desire was reported to decrease during periods of work-related stress, especially in women (72.3% vs. 55.5% in men). - At such times, men indicated that erectile problems were more frequent (76% vs. 22% in other periods), while 63% of women said that they would like more foreplay.
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What did Traeen, et al. find about Stress and Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder?
found that the most frequently reported causes of distressing reduced sexual desire among women was stress (40%).
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What did Yoon, et al. find about Stress and Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder?
- Investigated whether prolonged stress interferes with sexual behaviour and changed biological and physiologic mechanisms. - Found that female rats in the stress condition showed significantly reduced sexual receptivity to their male partners and more aggressive irritable behaviour. - needs to be in a certain time of the month to be receptive but with stress will not be receptive
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What is Sexual Arousal Disorder?
- When a woman becomes aroused, the blood vessels in her genitals dilate. - There is increased blood flow in the vaginal walls, resulting in fluid passing through them. This is the main source of lubrication, which makes the vagina wet. - Her external genitalia become engorged due to the increased blood supply and it is these changes taken together that make up the what is known as the lubrication-swelling response, which is designed to facilitate the entry of the penis into the vagina. - A woman with sexual arousal disorder either does not have these physical responses or does not maintain them during sexual activity.
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What did a study from Kuilea, Vigevenoa, & Laanb find on Stress and Sexual Arousal Disorder?
- Found that women in the acute stress condition responded with lower levels of genital and subjective sexual arousal to an erotic stimulus than women in the control condition.  - In addition, women with high levels of chronic stress responded with lower levels of genital sexual arousal to an erotic stimulus than women with low levels of chronic stress.
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What did a study from Dunn, Croft, & Hackett find on Stress and Female Sexual Disorder?
Found that in women, the predominant association with arousal, orgasmic, and enjoyment problems was marital difficulties (stressor).
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What is the prevalence of Male Sexual Dysfunction?
- The most prevalent male sexual dysfunctions are Premature Ejaculation (PE) and Erectile Dysfunction (ED). - The global prevalence of PE is around 30% across age groups and different cultures (Montorsi, 2005) - Prevalence for ED was found to be around 40% (Quek et al. 2008)
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What is Erectile Dysfunction?
Erectile Dysfunction (ED) is a male sexual dysfunction that is characterized by the inability to obtain/and or maintain penile erection sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance
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What did a study from Sugimori et al. find on Anxiety and Erectile Dysfunction?
- examined anxiety and depression in Japanese men with ED - both anxiety and depression contribute - effects even greater when one has both
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What are the Erectile Dysfunction Risk Factors?
Psychological stress - Anxiety - Depression Metabolic - Diabetes - Heart diseases - Hypertension - GI disorders Lifestyle - Obesity - smoking
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What are the disorders Erectile Dysfunction can be a predictor of?
ED may be a precursor for many other disorders - Diabetes - Hypertension - Obesity ED is increasingly being recognized as the single greatest risk factor for PE
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What is Premature Ejaculation?
DSM IV criteria for PE is characterized by: - Reduced intravaginal ejaculatory latency time (IELT) - Diminished control over ejaculation - Decreased satisfaction with sexual intercourse The condition also needs to be: - Persistent or recurrent - Cause “marked distress or interpersonal difficulty” - Not be due to the use of a substance
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What are the limitations of Premature Ejaculation?
- Difficult to determine what is “normal” ejaculatory latency - Perception of what is “normal” ejaculatory latency varies across cultures
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What is the Physiology of Premature Ejaculation?
- Increased heart rate during sexual arousal -Also a noticeable acceleration in heart rate before premature ejaculation - Shorter latency to maximum penile tumescence - Alteration in male sexual response
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What is the relationship between Stress and Premature Ejaculation?
- Men with PE and their partners reported to be “extremely” or “quite a bit” distressed compared to non- PE groups (43.9% vs. 1.4% for men; 30.2% vs. 1.0% partners) - Difficulty relaxing in sexual situations (30.7% vs. 7.7%) - Anxiety, depression, and psychological distress (24.4% vs. 12.9% for anxiety)
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What did a study by Quek et al. find in Stress and Premature Ejaculation?
examined a number of different factors relevant to PE - Medical - Social - Psychological Anxiety contributed the most
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What did a study by Symonds et al. find in Stress and Premature Ejaculation?
- found strong associations between sexual confidence and anxiety, with PE - When men with PE are engaged in sexual activity, they reported that: - They were preoccupied with ejaculatory control - Experienced anxiety during sex

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