Diagnosing and managing vaginismus

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7714, 2009, Pages 225-229

  Crowley, Tessa ^a   Goldmeier, David ^b   Hiller, Janice ^c  

^a Bristol Sexual Health Services   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN; DIAZEPAM; LIDOCAINE; PAPAVERINE; PHENTOLAMINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONCEPTION; CONTRACEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSPAREUNIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LEISURE; MARITAL THERAPY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASM; PAIN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELAXATION SENSATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TAMPON; VAGINISM; VAGINITIS; VULVOVAGINITIS; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANAMNESIS; AROUSAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; VAGINISMUS;

EID: 68149145650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2284     Document Type: Review

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