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Chapter 64 - Sexual Health and Sexual Dysfunctions

from Section 7 - Sexual Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2022

By
Johannes Bitzer
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

The basic diagnosis and treatment of desire disorders, arousal disorders, orgasmic disorders and sexual pain are described

Keywords

Sexualityorgasmic disorderssexually transmitted infectionssexual healthrelationship education
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Handbook of Contraception and Sexual Reproductive Healthcare , pp. 443 - 449
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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World Health Organization. Defining Sexual Health: Report of a Technical Consultation on Sexual Health: WHO. 2002. Available from: www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/sexual_health/defining_sexual_health.pdfGoogle Scholar
World Health Organization and United Nations Population Fund. Measuring Sexual Health: Conceptual and Practical Considerations and Related Indicators. WHO and UNFPA. 2010.Google Scholar
World Health Organization. Sexual Health, Human Rights, and the Law. WHO; 2015. Available from: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/175556/1/9789241564984eng.pdfGoogle Scholar
World Health Organization. International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision. www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/. 2016.Google Scholar
American Psychiatric Association. Sexual dysfunctions. In, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Ed. APA, Arlington, Virginia. 2013. 423–50.Google Scholar
Basson, R et al. Report on the International Consensus Development Conference on Female Sexual Dysfunction: Definitions and Classification. The Journal of Urology 2000. 163, 888–93.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
McCabe, MP, Sharlip, ID, Atalla, E, et al. Definitions of Sexual Dysfunctions in Women and Men: A Consensus Statement from the Fourth International Consultation on Sexual Medicine 2015. J Sex Med 2016; 13:135.Google Scholar
Brotto, LA, Bitzer, J, Laan, E, Leiblum, S, and Luria, M. Women’s sexual desire and arousal disorders. J Sex Med 2010;7:586–614.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Althof, SE, Leiblum, SR, Chevret-Measson, M, Hartmann, U, Levine, SB, McCabe, M, et al. Psychological and interpersonal dimensions of sexual function and dysfunction. J Sex Med 2005; 2:793–800.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Levine, SB, Risen, CB, Althof, SE, (Eds): Handbook of Clinical Sexology for Mental Health Professionals. Houve Brunner Routledge, New York. 2003.Google Scholar
Seftel, AD, Padma-Nathan, H, McMahon, CG, Giuliano, F, Althof, SE, (Eds): Male and Female Sexual Dysfunction. Elsevier Limited. 2004.Google Scholar

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