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| Phases of the sexual response cycle |
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Phase 1 - Desire
Phase 2 - Excitement
Phase 3 - Orgasm
Phase 4 - Resolution |
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| Extremely common problem that involves the disturbance in the desire, excitement, or orgasm phase of the sexual response cycle or pain during sexual intercourse. |
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| Male hypoactive sexual desire disorder |
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| Male version of low interest in sex characterized by a deficiency or absence of sexual fantasies or desire for sexual activity. |
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| Female sexual interest/arousal disorder |
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| Characterized by emotional distress caused by absent or reduced interest in sexual fantasies, sexual activity, pleasure, and arousal. |
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| Also called erectile dysfunction and impotence. Refers to failure to obtain and maintain an erection sufficient for sexual activity, or decreased erectile turgidity on 75% of sexual occasions lasting for at least 6 months. |
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| Referred to as inhibited female orgasm or anorgasmia. Defined as the recurrent or persistent inhibition of female orgasm, as manifested by the recurrent delay in, or absence of, orgasm after a normal sexual excitement phase. |
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| Formerly referred to as male orgasmic disorder, inhibited orgasm, or retarded ejaculation. A man only achieves ejaculation during coitus only with great difficulty, or can never achieve ejaculation during coitus. |
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| Man persistently or recurrently achieves orgasm and ejaculation before he wishes to. |
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| Genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder |
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| Pelvic and/or vaginal pain during intercourse. |
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| Involuntary constriction response of the muscles that close the vagina. |
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| Sexual dysfunction due to a general medical condition |
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| Desire, orgasm, or pain disorders caused by a medical condition such as cardiovascular, neurological, or endocrine disease. |
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| Substance induced sexual dysfunction |
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| Used when evidence of substance intoxication or withdrawal is apparent. |
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| Sexual dysfunction not elsewhere classified |
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| Category that covers sexual dysfunctions that cannot be classified under one of the other categories. |
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| The sense of maleness or femaleness. |
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| Feeling of unease about their incongruent maleness or femaleness. |
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| A surgery that changes the gender role of the patient by giving them the sexual organs/characteristics of the opposite sex |
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| Refers to acts or sexual stimuli that are outside of what society considers normal, but are required for some individuals to experience desire, arousal, and orgasm. |
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| Involves illegal activity with the intentional display of the genitals in public place. |
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| Characterized by a sexual focus on objects that are intimately associated with the human body. |
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| The most common paraphilic disorder. Involves a sexual interest toward prepubescent children. |
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| Involves the achievement of sexual satisfaction from the physical or psychological suffering of the victim. |
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| Achievement of sexual satisfaction by being humiliated, beaten, bound, or otherwise made to suffer. |
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| Sexual satisfaction is achieved by dressing in the clothing of the opposite gender. |
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| Characterized by seeking sexual arousal through viewing, usually secretly, other people in intimate situations. |
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| Telephone scatalogia disorder |
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| Obscene phone calling to an unsuspecting person or sending obscene messages or videos. |
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| Obsession with having a sexual encounter with a cadaver. |
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| Incorporation of animals into sexual activity. |
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| Fixation on feces in sexual encounters. |
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| Sexual activity that incorporates enemas. |
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| Involves urinating on one's partner or being urinated on. |
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| Desire to achieve an altered state of consciousness secondary to hypoxia while experiencing orgasm |
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