Two challenges for the classification of sexual dysfunction

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1552-1558

  Mitchell, Kirstin ^a   Graham, Cynthia A ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; History of sexual dysfunction; Psychological assessment

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR;

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 47949090933     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00846.x     Document Type: Review

References (59)

1. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, (4th edition (DSM-IV-TR). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 2000.
2. World Health Organization. ICD-10: International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems. 10th edition. Geneva: World Health Organisation; 1992.
3. Carson RC. Dilemmas in the pathway of the DSM-IV. J Abnorm Psychol 1991; 100: 302-7.
4. Kendell R, Jablensky A. Distinguishing between the validity and utility of psychiatric diagnoses. Am J Psychiatry 2003; 160: 4-12.
5. Hyman S. Forward. In: Phillips K, First M, Pincus H, eds. Advancing DSM: Dilemmas in psychiatric diagnosis. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association; 2003: Xi-xix.
6. Tiefer L. Historical, scientific, clinical and feminist criticisms of "the human sexual response cycle" model. Annu Rev Sex Res 1991; 2: 1-23.
7. Tiefer L. A new view of women's sexual problems: Why new? Why now? J Sex Res 2001; 38: 89-96.
8. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (3rd edition (DSM-III). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 1980.
9. Masters WH, Johnson VE. Human sexual response. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, & Co.; 1966.
10. Lief HI. Inhibited sexual desire. Med Asp Hum Sex 1977; 7: 94-5.
11. Kaplan HS. The new sex therapy. New York, NY: Brunner/Mazel; 1974.
12. NIH Consensus Development Panel on Impotence. Impotence. JAMA 1993; 270: 83-90.
13. Basson R, Berman J, Burnett A, Derogatis L, Ferguson D, Fourcroy J, Goldstein I, Graziottin A, Heiman J, Laan E, Leiblum S, Padma-Nathan H, Rosen R, Segraves K, Segraves RT, Shabsigh R, Sipski M, Wagner G, Whipple B. Report of the International Consensus Development Conference on Female Sexual Dysfunction: Definitions and classifications. J Urol 2000; 163: 888-93.
14. Lue T, Basson R, Rosen R, Giuliano F, Khoury S, Montorsi F, eds. Sexual medicine: Sexual dysfunctions in men and women. Paris: Health Publications; 2004.
15. Bancroft J, Graham CA, McCord C. Conceptualizing sexual problems in women. J Sex Marital Ther 2001; 27: 95-103.
16. Segraves R, Balon R, Clayton A. Proposal for changes in diagnostic criteria for sexual dysfunctions. J Sex Med 2007; 4: 567-80.
17. Hall M. Small print and conspicuous omissions: Commentary on the "FSD" classification report. J Sex Marital Ther 2001; 27: 149-50.
18. Shaw J. Another procrustean bed for female sexual functioning. J Sex Marital Ther 2001; 27: 211-4.
19. Tiefer L. The "consensus" conference on female sexual dysfunction: Conflicts of interest and hidden agendas. J Sex Marital Ther 2001; 27: 227-36.
20. Bancroft J, Loftus J, Long JS. Distress about sex: A national survey of women in heterosexual relationships. Arch Sex Behav 2003; 32: 193-208.
21. Mercer CH, Fenton KA, Johnson AM, Wellings K, MacDowell W, McManus S, Nanchahal K, Erens B. Sexual function problems and help seeking behaviour in Britain: National probability sample survey. BMJ 2003; 327: 426-7.
22. Oberg K, Fugl-Meyer A, Fugl-Meyer K. On categorization and quantification of women's sexual dysfunctions: An epidemiological approach. Int J Impot Res 2004; 16: 261-9.
23. Fisher WA, Rosen RC, Eardley I, Sand M, Goldstein I. Sexual experience of female partners of men with erectile dysfunction: The female experience of men's attitudes to life events and sexuality (FEMALES) study. J Sex Med 2005; 2: 675-84.
24. Dennerstein L, Lehert P, Burger H, Dudley E. Factors affecting sexual functioning of women in the midlife years. Climacteric 1999; 2: 254-62.
25. Ellison C. Women's sexualities. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger; 2000.
26. King M, Holt V, Nazareth I. Women's views of their sexual difficulties: Agreement and disagreement with clinical diagnoses. Arch Sex Behav 2007; 36: 281-8.
27. Gregoire A. Assessing and managing male sexual problems. In: J. Tomlinson J, ed. ABC of sexual health. London: BMJ Books; 1999: 35-7.
28. Cayan S, Bozlu M, Canpolat B, Akbay E. The assessment of sexual function in women with male partners complaining of erectile dysfunction: Does treatment of male sexual dysfunction improve female partner's sexual functions ? J Sex Marital Ther 2004; 30: 333-41.
29. Heiman J, Talley D, Bailen J, Oskin T, Rosenberg S, Pace C, Creanga D, Bavendam T. Sexual function and satisfaction in heterosexual couples when men are administered sildenafil citrate (Viagra®) for erectile dysfunction: A multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. BJOG 2007; 114: 437-47.
30. Rosen RC. Erectile dysfunction: Integration of medical and psychological approaches. In: Leiblum SR, ed. Principles and practice of sex therapy. 4th edition. New York, NY: Guildford Press; 2007: 277-312.
31. Riley A. Commentary on Rowland's article. J Sex Marital Ther 2007; 33: 461-6.
32. Graham CA, Bancroft J. The sexual dysfunctions. In: Gelder M, Lopez-Ibor J, Andreasen N, Geddes J, eds. New Oxford textbook of psychiatry. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2008: 472-83.
33. Tiefer L. The medicalization of sexuality: Conceptual, normative, and professional issues. Annu Rev Sex Res 1996; 7: 252-82.
34. Clement U. Sex in long-term relationships: A systemic approach to sexual desire problems. Arch Sex Behav 2002; 31: 241-6.
35. Zilbergeld B, Ellison CR. Desire discrepancies and arousal problems in sex therapy. In: Leiblum SR, Pervin LA, eds. Principles and practice of sex therapy. New York, NY: Guilford Press; 1980: 66-104.
36. First MB, Bell CC, Cuthbert B, Krystal JH, Malison R, Offord DR, Reiss D, Shea MT, Widiger T, Wisner KL. Personality and relational disorders: A research agenda for addressing crucial gaps in DSM. In: Kupfer DJ, First, MB, Regier, DA, eds. A research agenda for DSM-V. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 2002: 123-99.
37. First M. Relational processes in the DSM-V revision process: Comment on the special section. J Fam Psychol 2006; 20: 356-8.
38. Beach SRH, Wamboldt MZ, Kaslow NJ, Heyman RE, Reiss D. Describing relationship problems in DSM-V: Toward better guidance for research and clinical practice. J Fam Psychol 2006; 20: 359-68.
39. Denton WH. Issues for DSM-V: Relational diagnosis: An essential component of biopsychosocial assessment. Am J Psychiatry 2007; 164: 1146-7.
40. Kaslow FW. History, rationale, and philosophic overview of issues and assumptions. In: Kaslow FW, ed. Handbook of relational diagnosis and dysfunctional family patterns. New York, NY: John Wiley; 1996: 3-18.
41. The Working Group for a New View of Women's Sexual Problems. A new view of women's sexual problems. In: Kaschak E, Tiefer L, eds. A new view of women's sexual problems. New York, NY: The Haworth Press; 2001: 1-8.
42. Balon R, Segraves RT, Clayton A. Issues for DSM-V: Sexual dysfunction, disorder, or variation along normal distribution: Toward rethinking DSM criteria of sexual dysfunctions. Am J Psychiatry 2007; 164: 198-200.
43. Potts A, Bhugra D. Classification of sexual disorders. Int Rev Psychiatry 1995; 7: 167-74.
44. Laumann EO, Nicolosi A, Glasser DB, Paik A, Gingell C, Moreira E, Wang T. Sexual problems among women and men aged 40-80 years: Prevalence and correlates identified in the Global Study of Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors. Int J Impot Res 2005; 17: 39-57.
45. Lippa RA. The relation between sex drive and sexual attraction to men and women: A cross-national study of heterosexual, bisexual, and homosexual men and women. Arch Sex Behav 2007; 36: 209-22.
46. Rosen R, Brown C, Heiman J, Leiblum S, Meston C, Shabigh D, Ferguson D, D'Agostino R Jr. The Female Function Index (FSFI): A multidimensional self-report instrument for the assessment of female sexual function. J Sex Marital Ther 2000; 26: 191-208.
47. Basson R. The female sexual response: A different model. J Sex Marital Ther 2000; 26: 51-64.
48. Graham CA, Sanders SA, Milhausen R, McBride K. Turning on and turning off: A focus group study of the factors that affect women's sexual arousal. Arch Sex Behav 2004; 33: 527-38.
49. Waldinger MD, Schweitzer DH. Changing paradigms from a historical DSM-III and DSM-IV view toward an evidence-based definition of premature ejaculation. Part II. Proposals for DSM-V and ICD-11. J Sex Med 2006; 3: 693-705.
50. Hayes RD, Bennett C, Fairley CK, Dennerstein L. What can prevalence studies tell us about female sex difficulties and dysfunction? J Sex Med 2006; 3: 589-95.
51. Mitchell K, Wellings K, King M, Nazareth I, Johnson A. Taking it personally: Understanding the variation in responses to sexual difficulties. World Association for Sexual Health 18th Congress. Sydney, 2007;Abstract 034-7.
52. Althof S. My personal distress over the inclusion of personal distress. J Sex Marital Ther 2001; 27: 123-5.
53. Widiger TA. A dimensional model of psychopathology. Psychopathology 2005; 38: 211-14.
54. Streiner DL, Norman GR. Health measurement scales: A pratical guide to their development and use. 2nd edition. New York: Oxford University Press; 1995: 4-14.
55. Widiger TA, Samuel DB. Diagnostic categories or dimensions? A question for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth Edition. J Abnorm Psychol 2005; 114: 494-504.
56. Busko M. Why dimensional as well as categorical diagnoses are needed in DSM-V. Medscape Medical News. 2007. Available at: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/558395 (accessed June 27, 2007).
57. Bancroft J. Human sexuality and its problems. Oxford, U.K.: Elsevier (in press).
58. Davis S. An external perspective on the report of the International Consensus Development Conference on Female Sexual Dysfunction: More work to be done. J Sex Marital Ther 2001; 27: 131-3.
59. Sand M, Fisher WA. Women's endorsement of models of female sexual response: The nurses' sexuality study. J Sex Med 2007; 4: 708-19.