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Prevalence
~7.5%?
Course and onset
Onset varies with specifier
Less distress in older women?
Diagnostic Criteria
A. Lack of or significantly reduced, sexual interest/arousal as manifested by at least 3 of the following:
1. Absent/reduced interest in sexual activity
2. Absent/reduced sexual/erotic thoughts or fantasies
3. No/reduced initiation of sexual activity and typically unreceptive to a partner’s attempts to initiate
4. Absent/reduced sexual excitement/pleasure during sexual activity in almost all or all (75-100%) sexual encounters (identified situational contexts or if generalized in all contexts)
5. Absent/reduced sexual interest/arousal in response to any internal or external sexual/erotic cues (eg written, verbal, visual)
6. Absent/reduced genital or nongenital sensations during sexual activity in almost all or all (approx 75-100%) sexual encounters (identified situational contexts or if generalized in all contexts)
B. Symptoms in A persisted for minimum duration of approximately 6 months
C. Symptoms in A cause clinically significant distress
D. Sexual dysfunction not better explained by nonsexual mental disorder or consequence of severe relationship distress
Specifiers
Lifelong: not present since individual became sexually active
Acquired: began after a period of relatively normal sexual function
Generalized: not limited to certain types of stimulation, situations, or partners
Situational: only occurs with certain types of stimulation, situations, partners
Severity
Mild: mild distress over symptoms in A
Moderate: moderate distress over symptoms in A
Severe: extreme distress over symptoms in A
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