Hypoactive Sexual Desire in Women.(Brief Article)

Urologic Nursing | June 1, 2001| | Copyright

Viera, A.J. (2001). Managing hypoactive sexual desire in women. Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality; 1(2), 7-13.

This is a timely CME article regarding hypoactive sexual desire in women, the most common form of female sexual dysfunction. It is geared toward evaluation in a primary care setting. The author points out how women suffering with this may not specify this problem but instead will ask "to have their hormones checked." He reviews the different medications that interfere with desire such as antidepressants (SSRIs), tranquilizers, cardiovascular agents, and ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

What makes her want you?(Sexual Relations)
Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine) ; ...associated with sexual desire in females has...diagnosed with hypoactive sexual desire disorder, or loss...clusters of cues for sexual desire existing for women...women without sexual desire concerns, the...Given that low sexual desire is the most ...
Weeks, Gerald R., & Gambescia, Nancy. Hypoactive Sexual Desire: Integrating Sex and Couple Therapy.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Adolescence ; ...00 (h). The lack of sexual desire, known clinically as hypoactive sexual desire (HSD), is generally...complain of insufficient sexual desire in one or both partners...normative amounts of sexual desire, and cover factors...
Effectiveness of the Treatment of Female Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder.(research)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Journal of Sex Research ; ...the Treatment of Female Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder, Francisco Cabello...efficiency and effects on sexual desire of bupropion, sexual therapy, and combined treatment...patients answered the Woman's Sexual Function (FSM) questionnaire...models for the diagnosis of ...
Sexual desire in later life.
Magazine article from: The Journal of Sex Research ; ...chronic illnesses reduce or eliminate sexual desire and sexual behavior. This literature...such a model to the understanding of sexual desire in women and men over the age of 45...this study is to examine how levels of sexual desire are associated with these biopsychosocial...
Drug Treatments for Women's Sexual Disorders.
Magazine article from: The Journal of Sex Research ; ...sketch of drug effects on hypoactive sexual desire, arousal disorders, and...is very unlikely that hypoactive sexual desire and female orgasmic disorder...people comorbidity of hypoactive sexual desire and sexual arousal disorders...
Women's sexual desire: a feminist critique.
Magazine article from: The Journal of Sex Research ; Sexual desire is a key component of the current popular...Rosen, 2000; Levine, 2002). Even though sexual desire has been the topic of much recent research...research and practice) of the term sexual desire as it relates to women (e.g. Basson...
Ovulatory shifts in female sexual desire.
Magazine article from: The Journal of Sex Research ; ...specific design features of female sexual desire have been shaped by selection and function...desire linked to the ovulation cycle. Sexual desire should be clearly distinguished from...not occur for many reasons other than sexual desire: to accommodate a mate's wishes, to...
Understanding Women's Sexual Desire: The Role of Sexual Agency.(Section II: Clinical Sexology)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Journal of Sex Research ; Understanding Women's Sexual Desire: The Role of Sexual Agency, Jill...research design was used to study sexual desire among postmenopausal women. Twenty-t...women's experience and meaning of sexual desire is intrinsically related to their...
The ebb and flow of marital lust: a relational approach.
Magazine article from: The Journal of Sex Research ; ...basis, sexual motivation (lust or sexual desire) plays an equally important role...Thus, our assumption is that lust/sexual desire is the experience of attraction and...Heiman, 1979). The importance of sexual desire in relationships perhaps is best...turn to professional help ...
Sexual desire: a moral philosophy of the erotic.
Magazine article from: National Review ; Sexual Desire: A Moral Philosophy of the Erotic Sexual Desire: A Moral Philosophy of the Erotic, by Roger Scruton...don't feel competent to offer a final evaluation of Sexual Desire. But it abounds in fine observations and fascinating...

Find more facts and information related to the article "Hypoactive Sexual Desire in Women.(Brief Article)"