Psych 230

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Sexual Disorder (Sexual Dysfunction)

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a problem with sexual response that causes mental distress

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Acquired Sexual Disorder

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the dysfunction appeared after a period of normal functioning

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Lifelong Sexual Disorder

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present since that person became sexual

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Hypoactive sexual desire

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when the person is not interested in sexual activity

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Discrepancy of sexual desire

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When one partner wants sex considerably less frequently than the other

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Aversion Disorder

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Strong aversion to sexual interaction involving:
• Anxiety, fear, or disgust

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Female Arousal Disorder

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Lack of response to sexual stimulation, including lack of lubrication

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Lifelong erectile disorder

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never been able to have an erection that is satisfactory for intercourse

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Acquired erectile disorder

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now has difficulty getting or maintaining an erection, but has had sufficient erections at other times

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Male Orgasmic Disorder

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Unable to have an orgasm or it is greatly delayed, despite a solid erection and adequate stimulation

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Dyspareunia

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Pain experienced during intercourse

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Vaginismus

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Spastic contraction of the muscles surrounding the entrance to the vagina

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Physical Causes of Sexual Disorders

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Drugs and Diseases associated with the heart and circulatory system are likely to be associated with the condition

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Hormonal Causes:
1)Hypogonadism
2)Hyperprolactinemia

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1)an underfunctioning of the testes, so that testosterone levels are very low
2)excessive production of prolactin

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Male Orgasmic Disorder may be associated with...

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Multiple sclerosis
Spinal cord injury
Prostate surgery

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Female Orgasmic Disorder may be caused by...

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A severe illness
General ill health
Extreme fatigue
Mental disorders with physical cause (i.e. depression )

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Dyspareunia in men may be caused by...

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-for an uncircumcised man, poor hygiene
-prostate problems may cause pain on ejaculation

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Prior Learning

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Things people learned earlier (childhood, adolescence, earlier adulthood), which now inhibit their sexual response

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Cognitive interference

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Thoughts that distract the person from focusing on erotic experience

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Spectatoring

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When the person behaves like a judge of his of her own sexual performance

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Emotional factors

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Depression, anger, sadness, and anxiety

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Behavioral or lifestyle factors

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•Smoking, alcohol consumption and obesity
•Associated w/ higher rates of sexual disorders

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Interpersonal Factors

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-Disturbances in a couple’s relationship
-Anger or resentment toward one’s partner
-Fear of intimacy can cause a person to draw back from a sexual relationship before it becomes truly fulfilling

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Behavior therapy

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eliminates goal-oriented sexual performance

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Stop-start technique

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used in the treatment of premature ejaculation

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Kegal exercises

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strengthen the pubococcygeal muscle (PC muscle) along the sides of the vagina

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Bibliotherapy

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using self-help books to treat a disorder

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Biomedical Therapies for erectile disorder

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Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra

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Intrinsa

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a testosterone patch for post menopausal women experiencing low desire, is in clinical trials

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Suction devices

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A tube is placed around the penis until a reasonable firm erection is present

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Surgical Therapy

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The inflatable penis involves implanting a prosthesis into the penis

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Paraphilia

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-behaviors involving non-human objects, the suffering or humiliation of oneself or one’s partner, or other non-consenting persons
-usually linked with obsessive compulsive behaviors

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Fetishism

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behaviors involving use of non-living objects to produce or enhance sexual arousal with or without a partner

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Transvestism

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Dressing as a member of the opposite sex without having the sexual identity of the clothing

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Drag Queen

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men who dress in public or special events, often in very glamorous ways

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Drag Kings

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Women who enjoy dressing as men in suits

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Sexual Sadist

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Someone who derives sexual pleasure from inflicting pain on another person

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Marquis de Sade

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•Wrote novels and tortured women
•Sadist, sexually enjoyed inflicting pain

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Sexual Masochist

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Someone who derives sexual pleasure from receiving pain from another person or from themselves

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Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

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•Wrote novels with himself as protagonist
•Masochist, sexually enjoyed receiving pain

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Voyeurism

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a person who secretly becomes sexually aroused from secretly viewing nudes, often while masturbating

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Scoptophilia

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a sexual variation in which the person becomes aroused by observing other’s sexual acts and genitals

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Exhibitionism

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Someone who receiving sexual gratification from being viewed

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Troilism

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having sex with three people

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Coprophilia and Urophilia

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Sexual gratification from body wastes

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Frotteurism

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Rubbing body against someone unwilling

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Necrophilia

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Sexual gratification from deceased people/animals

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Zoophilia

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Sexual gratification from animals