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Chapter 50 - Disorders of Desire, Arousal and Orgasm in the Male

from Section 3A - Sexual Dysfunction and Counselling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2024

By
Yacov Reisman
Edited by
Johannes Bitzer  and
Tahir A. Mahmood
Johannes Bitzer
Affiliation:
University Women's Hospital, Basel
Tahir A. Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
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Summary

Since the publication of Masters and Johnson’s Human Sexual Inadequacy in the 1970s, the general term sexual dysfunction became part of the vocabulary of clinical medicine and generally refers to sexual behaviour. Sexual functioning requires an integration of neurological, vascular and endocrine systems and interpretation in the brain. As a complex biopsychosocial process, in addition to the biological factors, including health and psychological status of the person/couple (mood, personality traits), and psychosocial factors like religious beliefs, personal experience, ethnicity and socio-demographic conditions play an important role in sexual functioning and satisfaction. It is important to keep in mind that sexual satisfaction does not always correlate with sexual function. Furthermore, partnered sexual activity involves interpersonal relationships and the unique attitudes, needs and responses of each of the partners. A problem in any of these areas may lead to sexual complaints or dysfunctions [1].

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Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health , pp. 317 - 332
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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