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Q; What are the Responses to sexual stimuli for men and women? |
A; Men - during ejaculation, brain regions linked to vigilance shut down and VTA shows activity - homosexual ; male sexual stimuli - heterosexual; female sexual stimuli A; Women - during orgasm, brain linked to thoughts and emotions shut down - more general arousal |
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Q; What are the 4 phases of Sexual Response coined by Masters and Johnson? |
1) Excitement 2) Plateau 3) Orgasm 4) Resolution *modern day added 5th phase - desire phase |
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Q; What are the main DSM-5 sexual Dysfunction Disorders? |
•Malehypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder •FemaleSexual Interest/Arousal Disorder •ErectileDisorder •FemaleOrgasmic Disorder •DelayedEjaculation Disorder •PrematureEjaculation Disorder •Genito-PelvicPain/Penetration Disorder |
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Q; What are the biological causes of Sexual Dysfunction? |
A; medical condition + medications - not exercising or maintaining normal wait - too much alcohol or tobacco use |
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Q; What are some psychological causes of Sexual Dysfunction? |
A; childhood abuse
- performance anxiety - prohibitive beliefs |
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Q; What are some social causes of Sexual Dysfunction? |
A; Relationship itself (esp. conflict) |
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Q; What are some biological treatment options for Sexual Dysfunction Disorders? |
A; Biological - hormone replacement, surgery, mechanical means, penile implants - erectile disorder (viagara, cialis) - genito pelvic (ex. estrogen) - medications are not 100% effective |
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Q; What are some Psychological Treatments to Sexual Dysfunction Disorders? |
A; •Mosttherapies include: - Educationregarding sexual anatomy and functioning - Anxietyreduction - Changingmaladaptive thoughts and beliefs - Structuredbehavioural exercises - gradedasks that gradually increase amount of sexual interaction between partners •Ex.Premature ejaculation, female orgasmic dysfunction, vaginismus•Communicationtraining |
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Q; What are some causes for paraphillic disorders? |
A; some biological factors - reduced right amygdala activity A; some psychological causes psycho dynamic tradition - fear of castration learning - associations and exposure to certain situations |
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Q; What are some medication treatments for paraphillic disorders? |
A; usually don't seek treatment on their own. - usually sought through --> court, spouse, or person for fear of being caught A; medication - used to reduce sex drive |
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Q; What are some psychological treatments to paraphillic disorder? |
A; Behavioural approach - weakening of desires through extinction or aversive conditioning - developing appropriate social skills A; CBT - understanding of thoughts and emotions in relation to others - relapse prevention |
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Q; What is some diagnostic criteria for gender dysphoria? |
A; experienced differently at different ages - diagnosis usually requires 6 - 8 of criteria such as desire to be other gender, preferences for wearing clothes of the opposite sex, cross dressing, rejection of toys or games of gender etc A; in adolescence - adulthood ~ impairment in functioning at least 6 months of duration ~ need to have 2 of 6 criteria; - desire to get rid of sex characteristics - strong desire for sex traits of other gender |
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Q; What is the causes of gender dysphoria? |
A; limited research due to rareness of disorder - poorly understood - prenatal exposure to androgens - brain structure ~ fibre pathways + cortical thickness - childhood experiences (not necessarily valid cause) |
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Q; What are some treatments to gender dysphoria? |
A; little support for transgender individuals - some individuals seek gender transition surgery |
