Female Sexual Disorders: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheryl A. Kingsberg ◽  
Gail Knudson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Health ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Sexual Problems ◽  
Sexual Disorders ◽  
Medical Conditions ◽  
Arousal Disorder ◽  
Female Orgasmic Disorder ◽  
Sexual Aversion ◽  
Orgasmic Disorder ◽  
Female Sexual Disorders

AbstractSexual health is important to overall health and quality of life. Sexual problems have been associated with relationship problems and may interfere with overall health and they may also be a marker for other undiagnosed comorbid medical conditions. In order for healthcare professionals to manage the sexual health concerns of their patients, it is important for them to understand what constitutes good sexual health. To that end, it is necessary to have a working knowledge of the evolving theoretical models offered to describe a healthy sexual response as well as an understanding of the neurobiology of sexual function. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Revised lists six primary female sexual disorders: hypoactive sexual desire disorder, sexual aversion disorder, female sexual arousal disorder, female orgasmic disorder,dyspareunia, and vaginismus. Despite a growing awareness of the high prevalence of sexual disorders they are not typically identified nor treated. There are a number of reasons why clinicians fail to identify and treat sexual problems including insufficient training in sexual medicine and communication skills, time-constraints, and embarrassment. Treatment for female sexual problems is usually individualized and may include a combination of office-based education and basic counseling, cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, and treatment of concomitant medical conditions.

scholarly journals Early Maladaptive Schemas, Sexual Self-esteem, and Anxiety in Women with Orgasmic Disorders

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirin Mohammadi ◽  
Ahmad Borjali ◽  
Firoozeh Raisi ◽  
Navid Yousefi
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
Early Maladaptive Schemas ◽  
Maladaptive Schemas ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Female Orgasmic Disorder ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Orgasmic Disorder

Background: Individual factors that can lead to psychological disorders, including early maladaptive schemas, sexual self-esteem, and anxiety, and their impact on the female orgasmic disorder (FOD), has not yet been thoroughly examined. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare these factors in women with FOD to those without the condition. Methods: This descriptive research was causal-comparative or ex post facto study, and the statistical population was two groups of married women aged 18 to 40 years. Out of 152 women who participated, 66 cases had FOD, and 86 cases had no FOD according to the cut-off scores of the Female Sexual Function Index questionnaire and based on the DSM5 criteria. The Young Early Maladaptive Schema questionnaire (YEMSQ) (1995), Zeanah and Schwarz’s Sexual Self-esteem Inventory for Women (SSEI-W) (1996), and the Beck Anxiety inventory (BAI) (1988) were filled out by all the participants. An independent t-test at a significance level of P < 0.05 was applied to analyze the data using SPSS 24. Results: The results indicated that the mean scores of women with FOD were significantly higher in all schema areas than the mean scores of women without FOD (P < 0.001), and the mean scores of women without FOD were significantly higher on the sexual self-esteem scale and all its sub-scales than those with FOD (P < 0.001). Also, the mean anxiety scores of women with FOD were significantly higher than the mean scores of women without FOD (P < 0.001). Conclusions: These results support the differences in individual psychological factors among women with FOD and those without and can be used for education, prevention, evaluation, and treatment of orgasmic disorders.

Female Orgasmic Disorder

2019 ◽  
pp. 130-144
Author(s):  
Marita P. McCabe ◽  
Katherine M. Hertlein ◽  
Edmond Davis
Keyword(s):  
Female Orgasmic Disorder ◽  
Orgasmic Disorder
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