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2022 ◽  
pp. 251-261
Author(s):  
Marcalee Alexander ◽  
Gianluca Sampogna
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2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110500
Author(s):  
Adam Brown ◽  
Jamie Yoder

There are demonstrated links in the general population between developmental adversity, associated trauma symptoms, and executive functioning difficulties in children and youth. However, research on links among these indicators and their relationship to antisocial behavior more broadly in samples of youth who have sexually harmed is only beginning to emerge. Some research indicates that intermediary factors like sexual concerns may be critical in understanding this population. This study explored relationships between trauma symptoms, sexual concerns, executive functioning, and their relationship to non-sexual delinquency in a sample of 196 youth who committed sexual harm. Structural equation modeling revealed numerous direct and indirect effects on the path to delinquency and that executive functioning plays a key role among those with serious sexual concerns. The results are contextualized and implications are discussed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheryl M. Green ◽  
Melissa Furtado

Background: During the menopausal transition, women often experience physical (e.g., vasomotor symptoms) and emotional (e.g., anxiety and depression) difficulties that significantly impact functioning and overall quality of life. Although sexual concerns (e.g., decreased sexual desire, orgasm), are reported by up to 87% of peri- and post-menopausal women, and are associated with adverse impact on functioning and distress, treatment options that directly target this area are limited, and most often involve medication (e.g., hormone replacement). Effectiveness of these treatments is often defined as improvements in physical symptoms, however, associated psychological and emotional symptoms rarely, if at all, improve. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been proposed as a low-risk treatment for menopausal symptoms with studies showing improvement in frequently reported symptoms (e.g., vasomotor symptoms, depression, anxiety, sleep). Sexual concerns, however, have either not been directly targeted at all in current CBT protocols, or the very few protocols that include sexual concerns, demonstrated modest gains in sexual desire.Methods: This protocol paper outlines the development, design, and implementation of a newly developed CBT for sexual concerns trial during perimenopause (CBT-SC-Peri). Although sexual concerns are prevalent during both the peri- and post-menopausal periods, we will be evaluating the effectiveness of a CBT-SC protocol specifically for perimenopausal women as a means of early intervention. The clinical sample will comprise 82 women aged 40–60 years currently in perimenopause, as per the Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop (STRAW) definition, and medication stable (if applicable). To ensure participants are experiencing clinically significant sexual concerns, a baseline cut-off score of 26 or lower on the Female Sexual Functioning Index will be utilized. Exclusion criteria include participants with psychotic disorders, or current substance and/or alcohol dependence, or severely depressed/suicidal. The CBT-SC-Peri is a weekly, four session treatment, lasting up to 90 min per session and includes psychoeducation and cognitive and behavioral strategies designed to challenge unhelpful beliefs and promote healthy sexual behaviors. As this is an individual CBT protocol, content will be tailored to address the specific problems relevant for each participant. Eligible women will be placed directly into treatment or on a 4-week waitlist and reassessed prior to starting treatment. The primary outcome (sexual satisfaction), as well as secondary outcomes (desire, arousal, relationship satisfaction, body image, vasomotor symptoms, depression, and anxiety) are assessed at baseline, post-waitlist (for those on waitlist), and post-treatment.Discussion: To our knowledge, this will be the first study to investigate the efficacy of a CBT protocol (CBT-SC-Peri) specifically aimed at improving sexual concerns experienced during perimenopause. If effective, this form of treatment may not only be preferred by some, but necessary for others as consumer demand increases for non-pharmacological treatments for perimenopausal symptoms. Further, this protocol can be integrated into perimenopausal care and will be made available by dissemination to healthcare practitioners.Clinical Trial Registration: Trial # NCT04922385 and Accessible at: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04922385?term=NCT04922385anddraw=2andrank=1.


2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-387
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2021 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. S1211-S1212
Author(s):  
M. Ruza ◽  
Y. Ramírez ◽  
N.A. Linares ◽  
C. Iglesias ◽  
J.M. Rico

Author(s):  
Николай Сергеевич Розов

На основе теоретического обобщения результатов разнородных исследований человеческой сексуальности реконструированы основные этапы ее эволюции. Показана сложная динамическая связь между такими уровнями явлений и процессов как: внешняя природная и социальная среда (опасности, способы пропитания, отношения с другими группами); групповые потребности и практики в регулировании внутренних отношений, индивидуальные заботы и практики мужчин и женщин, включающие как врожденные инстинктивные программы, так и поведенческие стереотипы, внешний облик и внешние половые признаки, строение мужских и женских гениталий, устройство репродуктивных систем. Анатомические, физиологические и психофизиологические структуры несут в себе отпечаток наиболее древних социальных порядков и сексуальной жизни наших далеких предков. Вокруг репродуктивного «ядра» выстраивается множество дополнительных забот и структур самой разной природы, связанных с привлекательностью, эротическими сигналами и ответами, возбуждением, разнообразными чувствами, моральными отношениями, взаимодействиями, практиками (страсть, любовь, солидарность, долг верности, эротический престиж, власть, сексуальная собственность, ревность, насилие и др.). При этом, ментальные и поведенческие компоненты сексуальности многослойны и наряду с архаическими структурами включают более или менее гибкие, пластичные слои, меняющиеся от эпохи к эпохе, от культуры к культуре, от одних социальных порядков родства, власти, богатства, престижа, насилия – к другим порядкам. Вся эта «периферийная» сфера сексуальности обретает свою автономию со своими механизмами и закономерностями, которые тесно связаны с экологией, культурой и социальным устройством окружения, поэтому далеко не всегда и не во всем определяются заботами и структурами «ядра» – репродуктивной системы человека и наследственных механизмов адаптации. Как «ядро», так и «периферия» сексуальности характеризуются дополнительными витками сложности. Сексуальные заботы и структуры каждого пола теснейшим образом связаны с заботами и структурами противоположного пола, во многих аспектах они представляют собой и эволюционируют как целое, хоть и разделенное по индивидам обоих полов. Каждый крупный период антропогенеза наложил свой отпечаток на человеческую сексуальность. Показано, что возобновляющиеся напряжения в сексуальной сфере (в частности, связанные с супружескими изменами) указывают на некий внутренний конфликт между глубинными свойствами сексуальности и последующими социальными, культурными наслоениями. Diverse studies of human sexuality allow a conceptual reconstruction of its main evolutionary stages. There are complex dynamic interconnections between natural and social environment (hazards, subsistence strategies, intergroup relations), group needs and practices concerning intragroup interactions; individual concerns and practices of men and women including both innate instinctive programs and behavioral stereotypes; appearance and sexual characteristics; the structure of male and female genitalia and reproductive systems. Anatomical, physiological and psychophysiological structures bear the imprint of the most ancient social orders and the sexual life of our distant ancestors. Many concerns and structures of a very different nature are built around the reproductive “core”. These include attractiveness, erotic signals and responses, arousal, various feelings, emotional relations, interactions and practices (passion, love, solidarity, fidelity, erotic prestige, power, sexual property, jealousy, violence, etc.). At the same time the mental and behavioral components of sexuality are multilayered and, along with archaic structures, include more or less flexible layers that change from era to era, from culture to culture, from one social orders of kinship, power, wealth, prestige, violence to others. All this “peripheral” sexuality acquires its autonomy with its own mechanisms and patterns, which are closely related to ecology, culture and social environment, therefore, they are not always determined by the concerns and structures of the “core”: human reproductive system and hereditary adaptive mechanisms. Both the “core” and “periphery” of sexuality are characterized by additional turns of complexity. Sexual concerns and structures of males and females are closely related to the concerns and structures of the opposite sex, in many aspects they evolve as a whole, albeit divided among individuals of both sexes. Each major period of anthropogenesis has left its mark on human sexuality. It is shown that renewed tensions in the sexual sphere (in particular, associated with adultery) indicate a certain internal conflict between the deep properties of sexuality and subsequent social and cultural layers.


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 12128-12128
Author(s):  
Brittany Lees ◽  
Smitha Vilasagar ◽  
Jubilee Brown ◽  
Peter E Clark ◽  
Maxim McKibben ◽  
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12128 Background: Sexual health is an important component of overall well-being and can be adversely impacted by chemotherapy, surgery, radiation, in addition to the psychological effects of cancer treatments. Sexual health is challenging to discuss and may be overlooked or avoided during cancer care. Methods: Patients presenting for consultation in an outpatient multisite cancer center completed electronic distress screening (EDS) between January 2017 and December 2020. The EDS contains 42 questions; demographic information, cancer symptoms and side effects, and psychosocial factors. The EDS is completed by patients before a clinical encounter for early symptom identification and intervention. We conducted a retrospective data analysis of sexual health concerns (>5; scale 0-10) and evaluated patient characteristics and clinically relevant distress (>4; NCCN Distress Tool), depression risk (>3; PhQ2), and anxiety risk (>3; GAD2). Our primary aim was to identify the prevalence of sexual health concerns. The secondary aim was to examine the relationship between sexual health and emotional well-being. Results: 57,375 EDS screens were completed. 13,950 patients (24%) reported sexual concerns or lack of interest in sex (>5) within the last 2 weeks. The frequency of these concerns at specific clinics ranged from 12% to 48%, with the highest rates at Palliative care (39%) and Psycho-Oncology (48%) clinics. Genitourinary (30%), Gynecologic (27%) and Gastroenterology (26%) reported the highest frequency of sexual concerns from cancer site specific clinics. Males reported a higher rate of sexual problems compared to females (30% vs 21%, p < 0.001), but a lower rate of relationship concern distress (12% vs 13%, p < 0.05). Patients with a risk for depression (n = 9,126) or anxiety (n = 10,809) had higher rates of self-reported sexual concerns than those with a negative screen (44% vs 21% depression, p < 0.001; 40% vs 21% anxiety, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Sexual health is a concern for approximately one-quarter of patients presenting for cancer care. Sexual health concerns were prevalent across cancer sites. Patients with positive screens for anxiety and/or depression have nearly double the rates of reported sexual health concerns. Sexual health is a current unmet need that impacts cancer patients and warrants attention.


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