OBJECTIVE Few population-based studies have explored differences in alcohol consumption by sexual orientation. This study examined the prevalence of abstinence, drinking, heavier drinking, alcohol-related problems, alcohol dependence and help-seeking among homosexual and bisexual women and men compared with heterosexuals. METHOD Data are from the 2000 National Alcohol Survey, a national popul...

The problem of child sexual abuse (CSA) has engendered lively interest among physicians and other health care providers for more than 20 years. The number of cases of sexual abuse known to child protection service agencies in the United States rose sharply from 1977 to 1988, then leveled off and declined between 1988 and 1996 (Fig 1).1 Since the mid-1970s, accumulating clinical experience and r...

Four hundred and fifty-three married or cohabitating couples participated in the current study. A meditational model of men's perpetration of sexual coercion within an intimate relationship was examined based on past theories and known correlates of rape and sexual coercion. The latent constructs of adjustment problems and maladaptive relational style were examined. Adjustment problem variables...

Three studies (N=329) using U.S. community samples examined the relative contributions of self-reported “sex,” gender identity, and actual number of sexual partners to the question how many sexual partners individuals desire over the lifetime. In Study 1, the more “feminine” a participant identified, not self-reported sex, was significantly related to the desired number of sexual partners. Stud...

Sexual dysfunction is common in hypertensive men and often is first reported by patients while receiving hypotensive therapy, leading to a widespread belief by patients and physicians that the sexual dysfunction is caused by a specific antihypertensive medication. However, it is unclear from the literature whether this problem is related to hypertension or to its therapy. Further, whether the e...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Sexual dysfunction adversely affects quality of life, self esteem and interpersonal relationships and it may often be responsible for psychopathological disturbances. The purpose of this study was to explore the prevalence and associated risk factors for Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD) in women with Kurdish culture from western Iran . MATERIAL AND METHODS This was a cross-s...

Growing concern about sexual abuse covers many kinds of perpetrators. Therapist and clergy abusers have been increasingly targeted, yet clergy counselors who sexually abuse their clients have so far largely escaped effective sanctions from the courts. This article identifies the justifications given by these courts, identifying and evaluating their supporting arguments. This analysis suggests t...

Sex is a physiological phenomenon as much as hunger and sleep. The pattern of sleep and manner of eating is a learnt behaviour and so is the process of sexual satisfaction. Our society has taught to repress this instinct and medical institutions have been shy to teach this subject. The latter is reflected in the dilcma of a general physician when faced with a cause of potency disorder. The repr...

CONTEXT Integrating sexual health in clinical practice is important. In women with pelvic floor disorders, the evaluation of the anatomical defects, lower urinary tract function and the anorectal function often receives more attention than the sexual function. METHODS Review of Medline using defined search terms to identify articles related to sexual health assessment in urogynecology and man...

Sexual dysfunction is often associated with physical, psycho-social and emotional factors. It is a multicausal and multidimensional problem incorporating the biological, psychological and interpersonal factors. For patients with sexual dysfunction, their sexual and social life has been physically disconcerting, emotionally distressing and socially disruptive. Sexual dysfunctions can be a sympto...