objective: sexual dysfunction is frequently reported as a side effect of many antidepressant medications. as a result, for those depressed patients to whom sexual desire is important, psychological treatment may be a better intervention. thus, the present study aimed to determine the possible changes in sexual desire following psychological treatments in depression, when focus of therapy is not...

This paper makes the case that a Pluriversal Social Design should be desire-based. It suggests creation of meaningful social change requires moving focus design processes from needs to agentic desires. The author understands desire as creative impulse towards human flourishing. In design, current emphasis on designers continually reproduce Eurocentric model life, hindering genuine alternatives....

The paper argues for two kinds of limitations on the right of parenthood. First, it claims that the right to parenthood does not entail a right to have as many children as one desires. This conclusion follows from the standard justifications for the right to parenthood, none of which establishes the need to grant special protection to having as many children as one desires. Second, with respect...

Understanding how individuals revise their political beliefs has important implications for society. In a preregistered study (N = 900), we experimentally separated the predictions of 2 leading theories of human belief revision-desirability bias and confirmation bias-in the context of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Participants indicated who they desired to win, and who they believed woul...

background & aim: female sexual function (fsd) is a multifactorial phenomenon. sexual function is influenced by different personal and environmental factors. this study aimed to evaluate fsd and its contributing factors using female sexual function index (fsfi). methods:this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 264 women referring to 11 health centers of sabzevar, iran during octo...

Mentalistic terms such as belief and desire have been rejected by behavior analysts because they are traditionally held to refer to unobservable events inside the organism. Behavior analysis has consequently been viewed by philosophers to be at best irrelevant to psychology, understood as a science of the mind. In this book, the philosopher Rowland Stout argues cogently that beliefs and desires...