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Factors related to successful outcome in the treatment of sexually unresponsive women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Antonia Whitehead  and
Andrew Mathews
Antonia Whitehead*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, St George's Hospital Medical School, London
Andrew Mathews
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, St George's Hospital Medical School, London
*
1 Address for correspondence: Dr A. Whitehead, District Department of Psychology, Long Grove Hospital, Epsom, Surrey KT19 8PU.
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Synopsis

Couples in whom the main complaint was of a lack of female sexual response were treated using a practical counselling approach. A number of pre-treatment measures were studied to determine which factors were predictive of treatment outcome. While age and chronicity were not predictive, the quality of the general relationship and measures of sexual attitude did give useful indications of likely outcome.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , May 1986 , pp. 373 - 378
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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