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Sexual dysfunction in chemsex users - research report
- R. M. Kowalczyk, A. Stola
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- European Psychiatry / Volume 66 / Issue S1 / March 2023
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- 19 July 2023, p. S1099
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Introduction
Epidemiology and etiology of sexual disorders and problems have been described in detail for heterosexual men. In the case of MSM, scientific studies are much more limited, and the presented frequencies depend largely on the methodology of the study and the population covered by the study (socio-cultural differences, influence of minority stress). For chemsex users, the data is even more enigmatic; the subchapter presents data from the research currently conducted in Poland that has not yet been published.Most studies in the recent past have focused on assessing the risk of HIV transmission, sexual dysfunction associated with diagnosis, and the use of antiretroviral drugs. Only recently have been published papers, though still few, assessing the frequency of specific sexual dysfunctions among MSM, which are included as a whole group. It should be emphasized that there is currently no conclusive evidence to suggest a different diagnostic or therapeutic approach for sexual dysfunction in MSM patients.
ObjectivesMost studies in the recent past have focused on assessing the risk of HIV transmission, sexual dysfunction associated with diagnosis, and the use of antiretroviral drugs. Only recently have been published papers, though still few, assessing the frequency of specific sexual dysfunctions among MSM, which are included as a whole group. It should be emphasized that there is currently no conclusive evidence to suggest a different diagnostic or therapeutic approach for sexual dysfunction in MSM patients. The aim of the presented report is to supplement the knowledge about the MSM population of Chemsex users.
MethodsA focus group of 60 men aged 18-50 split was assembledinto four groups depending on the type of sexual contact (ChemSex non-ChemSex) and HIV +/-. The focus data was supplemented with research tools: a questionnaire containing 75 questions - elements of medical and sexological interview, and a standardized scale: The quality of life questionnaire in relation to sex - Male (Polish version of the SQoL-M), Premature ejaculation questionnaire and the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF).
ResultsThe results are being analyzed. The full report will be presented at the conference.
ConclusionsThe aim of the project is to assess the quality of sexual life and to examine the frequency of sexual dysfunction in the MSM population, active Chemsex users and the frequency of sexual contacts, the number of sexual partners, perceived sexual needs and satisfaction, as well as to determine the psychosocial / medical factors influencing the occurrence of sexual dysfunction.
Supplementing knowledge in this field will allow for more effective therapeutic effects.
Disclosure of InterestNone Declared
In the Shadow of the Facts
- Edited by Antony Polonsky, Jerzy Tomaszewski, Ezra Mendelsohn, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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- Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 8
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- Liverpool University Press
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- 16 July 2020
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- 01 December 1994, pp 330-344
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Summary
DAVID ENGEL's book In the Shadow of Auschwitz: The Polish Governmentin- Exile and the Jews, 1939–1942, appeared in 1987. Although the period since that date has seen a revival of Polish Jewish studies and a growing interest in the government-in-exile, the book has not yet received, as it should have, a review in Poland. It is without doubt one of the most important publications on the subject of Polish Jewish history, and is also of value to those interested in other aspects of the period of the Second World War. This does not mean that one has to accept all the author;s views. On the contrary, a number of the judgements he makes are, in my opinion, controversial, unsubstantiated, or biased. In this review I concentrate on those theses and arguments of the author with which I disagree. The areas on which my critique concentrates constitute only part of the book and do not affect my positive general assessment of it. It is certainly the product of extensive and impressive research. The author has worked in eleven Polish, Israeli, British, and American archives in London, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Stanford. His bibliography includes 40 periodicals, 103 collections of documents, and 141 other books and articles in six languages. One would be hard pressed to find another monograph on Polish Jewish history with such a wide source-base. The book's scholarly underpinning is also impressive: endnotes fill 90 pages while the index comprises another 17.
In the preface the author states that his subject is the thinking of Polish leaders in exile on the subject of Jews, and above all the political guidelines followed by the Polish government on this subject. The book is the first part of a work which embraces the war years, and Volume II, Facing a Holocaust, appeared in 1993. This first volume ends in December 1942 with the declaration of the Allied governments and the Polish statement which together revealed to the world the news that the Nazis were carrying out the extermination of Jews.
Chapter I describes Polish-Jewish relations in the interwar period. In preparing this chapter the author has relied mostly on the research of other historians, and he refers most often to the work of Emanuel Meltzer, Celia Heller, and above all Pawel Korzec.