Exam 14: Challenges to Sexual Functioning

If the primary focus of treatment is to reduce the anxiety associated with erectile disorder, what treatment method would be most likely?

What is the first thing that most sex therapists do when beginning treatment of most sexual problems?

All of the following are true related to erectile disorder and pharmacological treatments EXCEPT:

Only women can fake orgasms.

What are the symptoms of erectile disorder?

Identify and define the different ejaculatory disorders and one possible treatment for each.

It is common for both partners in a relationship to be diagnosed simultaneously with a sexual problem.

The author of your text suggest consulting the organization ASSECT if you need:

What chronic illness may affect sexual functioning by making men and women hypersensitive to touch?

In cultures in which female sexual desire is not highly valued, what would be the most common treatment approach to hypoactive sexual desire disorder?

Discuss the common attitudes that prevail related to sexuality and overall health. Explain why the commonly used Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is often criticized for its approach to sexual disorders.

If a man is being treated for erectile disorder, a lack of nighttime erections would be a good indicator that the underlying cause is physical.

What is the method called when the penis is gently stretched and medication to increase blood flow is introduced to the penis?

Identify two physical illnesses and explain how treatment for that illness can interfere with sexuality, both psychologically and physiologically.

Explain two potential treatments for female sexual arousal disorder. What are the advantages and disadvantages to each treatment method?

Describe the New View of Women's Sexual Problems as proposed by Leonore Tiefer and colleagues, and the reasons for its creation.

How does the EROS clitoral therapy device work to treat sexual arousal and desire disorders?

Genital pain associated with sexual behavior is referred to as dyspareunia.

Trent has decided to seek treatment because he has never been able to ejaculate through masturbation, even as a young boy. He thought the problem may be due to lack of a partner, but now he has a partner and is still not able to ejaculate. What type of sexual problem would this likely be classified as?

In the Netherlands, there are groups that can provide sexual partners to disabled men and women who are unable to find sexual partners.