Pub Date : 2022-08-01DOI: 10.1177/26318318221108336
Dauda Akwai Saleh
This case report of brief research communication utilized single case design aimed at studying the efficacy of online psychoeducation and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) on female sexual interest/arousal disorder. Arizona Sexual Experience Scale (ASEX) was used for data collection. Findings of the study showed that client’s pretest and posttest results significantly differ after online psychoeducation and CBT; sexual arousal, sex drive (desire), vaginal lubrication, orgasm, and orgasm satisfaction significantly improved. Furthermore, significant improvement in the frequency of sexual relationship was found. Outcome of this study should guide clinical psychologists in the area of intervention for sexual disorder, especially among women. It should also serve as a reference material for women suffering with sexual dysfunction and serve as an encouragement not to die in silence but seek for professional help.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-21DOI: 10.1177/26318318221110188
A. Chakraborty, D. Bhattacharjee, U. Bandyopadhyay
Koro, a culture-bound syndrome originating from Southeast Asia is characterized by a perception of acute retraction of the penis, accompanied by an acute panic-like reaction of impending danger or death. Koro-like symptoms are considered variants of classical Koro syndrome and differ from it phenomenologically. We described here a case series of secondary Koro, presenting as a delusional disorder who remitted on treatment with antipsychotics and maintained the improvement on follow-up. It is important to differentiate between classical Koro with Koro-like syndrome, with exploration of any delusional core during clinical assessment for better categorization and management.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-01DOI: 10.1177/26318318221116038
T. Rao, C. Andrade
Depression is associated with impaired sexual functioning.1 Most antidepressant drugs include reduced sexual desire, erectile dysfunction, or orgasmic dysfunction in their adverse effect profile.2 So, in patients who are treated with antidepressants, antidepressant-related sexual dysfunction may replace depression-related sexual dysfunction, creating a situation that is far from desirable. What is the mechanism of antidepressant-induced sexual adverse effects? Antidepressant drugs that inhibit serotonin reuptake, such as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), may decrease sexual desire and delay or prevent sexual orgasm.3,4 Antidepressant drugs that are anticholinergic, such as the tricyclic antidepressants, may interfere with erection.5 Obviously, antidepressants that have both mechanisms, such as clomipramine, could have a wider range of negative action on sexual functioning.6 Few antidepressants that are presently available carry a low to no risk of treatment-emergent sexual dysfunction. These include bupropion, mirtazapine, agomelatine, vilazodone, and vortioxetine.7-9 Agomelatine has failed as an antidepressant in India; bupropion and vilazodone do not enjoy a large market share; and mirtazapine, while effective and popular as an antidepressant, carries the disadvantage of increasing sleep, appetite, and weight.8 So, that leaves vortioxetine. But first, both vilazodone and vortioxetine inhibit the reuptake of serotonin; so why are they free from sexual adverse effects? A possible explanation is that both also act on 5HT1a receptors at which vilazodone is a partial agonist10 and vortioxetine is a full agonist11; this action may be a mitigating element against the sexual dysfunction that is related to serotonin reuptake inhibition. If one discounts atypical antidepressants such as brexanolone and esketamine, vortioxetine is the most recent antidepressant, worldwide. Vortioxetine was approved for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) by the US Food and Drug Administration in September 2013, and by the European Medicinal Agency in October 2013. Since then, vortioxetine has been approved for marketing in about 80 countries across the world, and, very recently, in India, the second largest country by population. Vortioxetine is associated with a favorable adverse effect profile, with most of its treatment-emergent adverse events reported at or near placebo level;12 it carries a low risk of treatment-emergent suicidal ideation12 and, because of its long half-life,13 a low risk of discontinuation syndrome, even upon sudden withdrawal of the drug.12 So, what is the evidence for the favorable sexual adverse effect profile of vortioxetine? In the regulatory, industry-driven, short-term randomized controlled trials (RCTs), the incidence of treatment-emergent sexual adverse events was 1.6% to 1.8% with vortioxetine (5-20 mg/d) as compared with 1.0% with placebo.12 In an industry-driven RCT conducted in 361 healthy adult volunteer
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Pub Date : 2022-07-01DOI: 10.1177/26318318221102126
Keya Das, T. Rao
Love forms the theme of various poems, plays, historic as well as contemporary literature, and is glorified in art and music, deliberated upon in speeches, celebrated on the silver-screen. Nevertheless, the scientific basis of love remains wrapped in mysticism although there have been advances in pinpointing the hormones, neurotransmitters, and more recently the anatomical pathways that play a role in love, with evidence in imaging modalities. We aim at demystifying the role, function, and workings of love and its counterparts—intimacy, attraction, attachment, and sensuality—in this review.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-01Epub Date: 2022-06-29DOI: 10.1177/26318318221102375
Julia F Hammett, Kelly Cue Davis
Introduction: Sexual risk behaviors are a public health concern. Although sexual risk behaviors are overrepresented among economically disadvantaged individuals, the mechanisms underlying the link from economic deprivation to sexual risk behaviors are not well understood. Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether one of the earliest indicators of sexual risk, age of sexual initiation, mediates the link between young men’s perceptions of economic deprivation while growing up and sexual risk behaviors in adulthood. Method: Six-hundred twenty-four men provided data on background variables and risk. Path analyses were conducted in Mplus Version 8. Results: Perceptions of economic deprivation while growing up were related to younger age of sexual initiation, which in turn was related to higher risk for sex earlier in a relationship, condomless sex, sexually transmitted infections, unintended pregnancy, and condom use resistance. Conclusion: These findings highlight important avenues for sexual health and health equity promotion.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-01DOI: 10.1177/26318318221107598
Anupama V. Hegde, Suhas Chandran, J. Pattnaik
Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood, during which the individual undergoes significant biological, psychological, and social changes. The development of sexuality, though begins at conception, gets shaped during this period. The changes occurring differ in males and females not just in terms of biopsychosocial organization but sexual behavior and functioning as well. Adolescent sexuality is although highly acknowledged but is quite complex and needs in-depth understanding. Challenges faced by adolescents include being vulnerable to risky sexual behaviors, unprotected sex, nonconsensual sexual interactions, sexually transmitted infections, stigmatization from society, and so on. In developing countries such as India, adolescents deal with additional challenges with higher risk associated with early marriages, unplanned pregnancies, sexual abuse, patriarchy, and insufficient information regarding sexual behavior and risks. This article is an attempt to review the nuances of adolescent sexuality, particularly in developing countries, to ensure appropriate culturally sensitive yet scientifically sound intervention programs.
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1 Department of Clinical Psychology, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India 2 Department of Psychiatry, ESIC Medical College, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India 3 Department of Psychiatry, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India 4 Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bibinagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
1临床心理学系，Shri Guru Ram Rai医学和健康科学研究所，德拉敦，北阿坎德邦，印度，2精神学系，ESIC医学院，古尔巴加，卡纳塔克邦，印度，3精神学系，Shri Guru Ram Rai医学和健康科学研究所，德拉敦，北阿坎德邦，印度，4精神学系，全印度医学科学研究所(AIIMS)比比纳加尔，海得拉巴，泰伦加纳邦，印度
{"title":"Theta Burst Stimulation for Male Sexual Dysfunction in Bipolar Depression—A Case Series","authors":"Gunjan Malik, Namdev Chawan, Preeti Mishra, Shobit Garg, S. Tikka, Priya Tyagi","doi":"10.1177/26318318221102125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26318318221102125","url":null,"abstract":"1 Department of Clinical Psychology, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India 2 Department of Psychiatry, ESIC Medical College, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India 3 Department of Psychiatry, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India 4 Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bibinagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India","PeriodicalId":34753,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosexual Health","volume":"4 1","pages":"207 - 210"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45408716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-01DOI: 10.1177/26318318221108116
Sujita Kumar Kar, Garima Singh
Physical adaptation is a process by which an organism attempts to adjust successfully with the changes happening in the environment continuously. Organisms adapting effectively in this process have an advantage of long survivability. During the process of evolution, several physical (structural) changes happened in humans that gives them a reproductive advantage. This article discusses the specific physical adaptations that gives psychosexual advantages in human.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-01DOI: 10.1177/26318318221107350
H. Jain, Karthick Subramanian, Keni Gowsi, A. Sankaran
Background: Inadequate knowledge and awareness about transgenderism among doctors can lead to inadequate health-care services to transgender persons. Objective: To assess the prevalent attitudes and beliefs toward transgender persons amongst medical undergraduates. Materials and Methods: The present cross-sectional observational study included medical undergraduates of both gender in a tertiary care hospital. The students belonged to “early clinical phase” (yet to start clinical postings). The sociodemographic characteristics and academic and social exposure to transgender-related issues were recorded using a semi-structured proforma. Transgender Attitudes and Beliefs Scale was used to assess the attitudes and beliefs toward transgender persons. Statistical significance was set at P < .05. Results: Of the 170 second-year medical students, majority reported negligible social exposure (71.3%) and academic exposure (81.6%) to transgenderism. Female students displayed better attitudes and beliefs toward transgender persons than their male counterparts. Conclusions: Medical undergraduates require systematic academic exposure to transgender-related health issues. Gender differences exist among medical undergraduates in the beliefs and attitudes toward transgenderism.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-01DOI: 10.1177/26318318221108522
C. Peisah, Kiran Lele
The psychosexual health of doctors and the “medical marriage” has been scrutinized since the dawn of doctors’ health science in the late 1980s.1,2 However, the traditional prototype of hard-working physician-husband and self-sacrificing, stay at home wife, with the latter “waiting for someday” has evolved into a plethora of relationship and role configurations amongst heterosexual and same sex partnerships at various stages of the medical life cycle.3,4 A range of social and systemic changes within and external to the medical profession—including but not limited to the “feminization” of the profession and the rise in dual physician households— have influenced the norms and frames of reference among male and female doctors alike.5,6 These diverse personal, relational, and cultural aspects means that stereotypes and broad assumptions regarding doctors’ relationships are no longer applicable. Notwithstanding these variations, established links between well-being, job satisfaction, and marital satisfaction7,8 and ultimately, patient care9 mandates understanding the unique aspects of doctors’ relationships for the benefit of doctors and patients alike. In this article, we explore medical relationships from a contemporary lens, recognizing this diversity as well as examining the effects of the COVID pandemic. We also posit potential solutions.
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