Book contents
- Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Authors
- Contributors
- Section 1 Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Public Health Aspects and Prevention in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
- Section 2 Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
- Section 3 Sexual Healthcare
- Section 3A Sexual Dysfunction and Counselling
- Chapter 46 Sexual Counselling
- Chapter 47 Disorders of Desire, Arousal and Orgasm in the Female
- Chapter 48 Sexual Pain Disorders in the Female
- Chapter 49 Vulvodynia
- Chapter 50 Disorders of Desire, Arousal and Orgasm in the Male
- Section 3B Sexual Healthcare along the Life Course
- Section 4 Sexual and Reproductive Health Indicators and Policies
- Index
- References
Chapter 47 - Disorders of Desire, Arousal and Orgasm in the Female
from Section 3A - Sexual Dysfunction and Counselling
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 January 2024
- Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Authors
- Contributors
- Section 1 Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Public Health Aspects and Prevention in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
- Section 2 Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
- Section 3 Sexual Healthcare
- Section 3A Sexual Dysfunction and Counselling
- Chapter 46 Sexual Counselling
- Chapter 47 Disorders of Desire, Arousal and Orgasm in the Female
- Chapter 48 Sexual Pain Disorders in the Female
- Chapter 49 Vulvodynia
- Chapter 50 Disorders of Desire, Arousal and Orgasm in the Male
- Section 3B Sexual Healthcare along the Life Course
- Section 4 Sexual and Reproductive Health Indicators and Policies
- Index
- References
Summary
Sexual dysfunction is a term used to describe various sexual problems with overlapping biological, psychological and relational aetiologies within the sociocultural context. Current definitions of sexual dysfunction in women reflect a change in our understanding of the functioning of the normal sexual response. Rather than the traditional view of sexual response progressing through discrete phases in sequence (desire, arousal, orgasm and resolution), it is now evident that each phase may overlap in a variable way according to a wide range of internal and external stimuli within a biopsychosocial framework.
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- Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health , pp. 294 - 299Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024