Intended or Unintended Consequences? The Likely Implications of Raising the Bar for Sexual Dysfunction Diagnosis in the Proposed DSM-V Revisions: 2. For Women with Loss of Subjective Sexual Arousal

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2040-2046

  Clayton, Anita H ^a   Derogatis, Leonard R ^b   Rosen, Raymond C ^c   Pyke, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d Pykonsult LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

FSAD; HSDD; Sexual Dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHANGES IN SEXUAL FUNCTIONING QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-5; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DISTRESS SCALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTEREST AND DESIRE INVENTORY FEMALE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 84864496645     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02859.x     Document Type: Article

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