Psoriasis is a cutaneous-articular disease, whose incidence ranges from 1% to 3%. Stress tends to be a triggering or aggravating factor in psoriasis. In addition, the disease itself can generate emotional stress because of its lesions. Several psychological disorders can be associated with psoriasis, and feelings such as rage, depression, shame, and anxiety have been commonly reported, which ca...

INTRODUCTION Placebo responses have been large across a number of clinical trials for treatment of women's sexual dysfunction. Studying placebo responses may elucidate predictors of symptom reduction and responsiveness to intervention. AIM To determine the correlates of placebo response in participants enrolled in a clinical trial for female sexual dysfunction. METHODS We analyzed data from...

s:1144:"Background: Sexuality and the desire for a child are strongly interconnected. The same applies to sexual disorders and the unfulfilled desire for a child. Aim: This article indicates the relations between sexual disorders and the unfulfilled desire for a child and outlines the potential effects of diagnostics and treatment in the context of reproductive medicine on the couples' sex...

Physical and psychological stressors suppress hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis activity and sexual behavior and consequently induce reproductive dysfunction. Recently, it has been shown that gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH), also called RFamide-related peptide 3 (RFRP) in mammals, which is a potent inhibitory regulator of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and gonadotropin, is invol...

Psychological impotence or erectile dysfunction is nowadays a pretty common yet misunderstood disorder. People often cannot detect it properly and misunderstood it for physical impotence. Psychological impotence is basically caused by psychological problems. Most of the times, this kind of impotence are curable. Recent study has shown that most of the cases of impotence are basically of this na...

OBJECTIVES Treatments of female sexual dysfunction have been largely unsuccessful because they do not address the psychological factors that underlie female sexuality. Negative self-evaluative processes interfere with the ability to attend and register physiological changes (interoceptive awareness). This study explores the effect of mindfulness meditation training on interoceptive awareness an...

Symptoms of sexual dysfunction are defined as a departure from normal sensations and/or function experienced by a woman during sexual activity. The diagnosis of urinary incontinence and/or pelvic organ prolapse along with their treatments can have a psychological impact. Surgical procedures may help resolve the symptoms of the diagnosis however can contribute to worsening sexual dysfunction. Th...

Sexual dysfunction can be defined as the inability to partake in or enjoy a sexual relationship with oneÕs partner as a result of underlying physical and/or psychological factors. Although there is an alteration in sexual response with aging, age is not a deterrent to enjoying and maintaining a normal, healthy sex life. The elderly are often subject to health problems, and their sexual activity...

INTRODUCTION Sexual disorders impact up to 43% of women. However, the relationship between sexual dysfunction and psychological variables such as personality traits and coping mechanisms is not well understood. AIM To examine personality domains and coping strategies utilized by women with sexual dysfunction in a clinical sample. METHODS Patients seeking care for female sexual dysfunction (...

Objectives To assess sexual behaviour, prevalence of ICD-10 diagnosed sexual dysfunction, associations between sexual and psychological problems, and help seeking for sexual problems in people attending general practice; to assess predictors of ICD-10 diagnosis of sexual dysfunction. Design Cross sectional study. Setting 13 general practices in London. Participants 1065 women and 447 men attend...