INTRODUCTION Despite welcomed changes in societal attitudes and practices towards sexual minorities, instances of heteronormativity can still be found within healthcare and research. The Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS) is a valid and reliable self-rating scale of social anxiety, which includes one item (number 14) with an explicit heteronormative assumption about the respondent's sexual...

BACKGROUND Information on the association between bipolar disorder (BD), sexual satisfaction, sexual function, sexual distress and quality of life (QoL) is sparse. This study aims, in women with BD, to (i) investigate sexual dysfunction, sexual distress, general sexual satisfaction and QoL; (ii) explore whether sexual distress was related to affective symptoms and (iii) investigate whether QoL ...

INTRODUCTION Counts of satisfying sexual events (SSEs) per month have been criticized as an end point in treatment trials of women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) but grounding improvement in sexual desire by assessing changes in sexual behavior remains of some importance. METHODS We conducted a literature review to find validated measurements that are specific sexual behavioral...

BACKGROUND It is not known whether premenopausal women who report low sexual satisfaction and have low circulating testosterone levels will benefit from testosterone therapy. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of exogenous testosterone in premenopausal women reporting diminished sexual function. DESIGN Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging trial. SETTING 6 Australian m...

Objective This study was undertaken to examine the factors affecting sexual satisfaction in women who had undergone a hysterectomy. Design The descriptive correlational study was conducted. The model contained three stages including antecedents (stage 1), interpersonal influence (stage 2), and outcome perception (stage 3). The antecedents included perception variables (eg negative body image an...

objective: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd) is a common mental disorder in adults that was under-diagnosed until recently. due to probable consequences of adhd such as occupational and educational dysfunctions and substance use, this disorder is becoming more and more of a concern. this study aimed to investigate adhd symptoms among students of zahedan university of medical scien...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Sexual dysfunctions have been reported in alcohol-dependent men. Most of the studies conducted had limitation of using non-validated measures of sexual dysfunction and sampling design. This study was, therefore, conducted to determine the typology, demographic and clinical correlates of sexual dysfunction in alcohol-dependent men. METHODS One hundred and one patients w...

INTRODUCTION Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is suspected to be the most frequent cause of vulvodynia in premenopausal women. Based on the onset of PVD relative to the start of sexual experience, PVD can be divided into primary (PVD1) and secondary PVD (PVD2). Studies comparing these PVD subgroups are inconclusive as to whether differences exist in sexual and psychosocial functioning. AIM The a...