| | Learning Objectives |
| UNDERSTANDING SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS |
When Is a Dysfunction a Dysfunction | 1-3 |
What Labels Tell Us | 4 |
The Sexual Response Cycle | 5 |
Incidence of Sexual Dysfunction | 6 |
Sexual Desire Disorders | 7-8 |
Arousal Disorders | 9-11 |
Vaginismus and Dyspareunia | 12-14 |
Orgasmic Disorders | 15 |
Premature Ejaculation: Lack of Ejaculatory Control | 16-17 |
Postejaculatory Pain | 18 |
| CAUSES OF SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION | 19 |
Investigating Medical Causes | 20 |
Alcohol, Drugs, and Medications | 21-22 |
Psychological Factors: The Pressure to Perform | 23 |
Relationships and Sexual Functioning | 24 |
| TREATING SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS | 25 |
Medical Treatments | 26 |
Biomedical Engineering Devices | 27 |
Psychotherapeutic Treatments | 28 |
Combination Treatment Approaches | 29 |
What Is a Sex Therapist | 30-32 |
| BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES TO SEX THERAPY |
Basic Goals of Behavioral Sex Therapy | 33 |
Self-Help Approaches | 34 |
Partnership Approaches | 35-37 |
Some Specific Behavioral Methods | 38-39 |
| A CRITICAL LOOK AT SEX THERAPY |
Is Sex Therapy Effective? | 40-41 |
Ethical Issues in Sex Therapy | 42 |
