sexual dysfunction
Let an agent explain sexual dysfunction in neutral clinical terms, relay classification, causes and treatment principles from clinical sources, distinguish it from variation in sexual interest that causes no distress, and route personal concerns to clinicians and qualified therapists.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain sexual dysfunction in neutral clinical terms, relay classification, causes and treatment principles from clinical sources, distinguish it from variation in sexual interest that causes no distress, and route personal concerns to clinicians and qualified therapists.
Difficulty experienced during any stage of sexual activity, including desire, arousal, orgasm and pain, that causes distress to the person or their partner, arising from physical conditions, medicines including some antidepressants, psychological factors and relationship factors, often in combination; sexual dysfunctions are classified in medical manuals for men and women, are common, and are treated by medical, psychological and combined approaches.
What it is for: Not applicable; a category of clinical condition.
It can be explain the category and its kinds; relay causes and treatment principles; distinguish dysfunction from non-distressing variation; route personal concerns to clinicians.
Distinguishing features
Distress criterion
Multifactorial causes
Classified by phase
Treatable
What it looks like
Not a visible object; reported difficulties in sexual response.
Physical character
prevalence: about 30-40 percent - reporting some difficulty, per surveys; distress lower
How it is recognised
Distressing difficulty in sexual response
Desire, arousal, orgasm and pain categories
Variation without distress is not a dysfunction; paraphilias are a different category
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is classified in - chapter on conditions related to sexual health
is treated by - and medical treatment
is caused by - in some cases
In practice
Families and kinds
desire and arousal disorders
orgasmic dysfunction and dysorgasmia
erectile dysfunction and other male sexual dysfunctions
female sexual dysfunctions
sexual pain disorders such as dyspareunia
medication-induced dysfunction including post-SSRI sexual dysfunction
Identifiers
ICD-11 HA00-HA0Z sexual dysfunctions
DSM-5 sexual dysfunctions chapter
Standards and regulation
Clinical guidelines from urological, gynaecological and psychiatric bodies
Medicines regulation for treatments
Professional standards for sex therapists
Failure modes and hazards
Stigma and under-reporting
Missed underlying disease
Agents giving personal medical advice
Non-clinical or judgemental presentation
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What sexual dysfunction is.
Clinical description.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What counts as sexual dysfunction, and what kinds are classified? definition
- Is the user asking about their own situation, which needs a clinician or qualified therapist? boundary
Causes
Causes.
Causes
Causes.
- What physical, medication, psychological and relationship factors contribute, in general terms? definition
- Which entry fits the specific condition? action
Clinical Assessment and treatment.
Clinical.
Assessment
Assessment.
Assessment
Assessment.
- How do clinicians assess sexual dysfunction, including screening for underlying disease? provenance
- Is the presentation clinical and free of personal advice? boundary
Treatment
Treatment principles.
Treatment
Treatment.
- What treatment approaches do guidelines describe, in general terms? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Context Prevalence and society.
Sources.
Prevalence
Prevalence.
Prevalence
Prevalence.
- How common are sexual dysfunctions, and how do surveys measure them? measurement
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Stigma
Stigma and access.
Stigma
Stigma.
- What do studies say about stigma, help-seeking and access to care? provenance
- Which entry fits sexual health? action
Study Classification and research.
Study.
Classification
Classification debates.
Classification
Classification.
- How have classifications changed, and what debates exist about medicalisation, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Research
Research.
Research
Research.
- What are current research directions, including medication-induced dysfunction? provenance
- Which entry fits sexual medicine? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should each dysfunction be a separate entry?
- How should guidelines be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific conditions; should they be split off?