Cognitive behavioral therapy for sexual dysfunctions in women

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 595-610

  ter Kuile, Moniek M ^a   Both, Stephanie ^a   van Lankveld, Jacques J D M ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CBT treatment; Sexual dysfunctions; Women

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSPAREUNIA; EMOTION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL PAIN; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOACTIVE SEXUAL DESIRE DISORDER; INTIMACY; LUBRICATION; MASTURBATION; MOOD DISORDER; ORGASM; ORGASM DISORDER; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEX THERAPY; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; VAGINISM; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS; CLASSIFICATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954291211     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2010.04.010     Document Type: Review

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