Sex therapy for female sexual dysfunction

International Archives of Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pereira, Valeska Martinho ^a,f   Arias Carrión, Oscar ^b   Machado, Sergio ^a,c,d,e,f   Nardi, Antonio Egidio ^a,f   Silva, Adriana Cardoso ^a,f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^d SALGADO DE OLIVEIRA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f National Institute for Translational Medicine INCT TM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavior therapy; Cognitive therapy; Female; Psychological; Psychotherapy; Sexual dysfunctions

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

ANXIETY; ASSERTIVENESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIBLIOTHERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COITUS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONDITIONING; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EXCITEMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOACTIVE SEXUAL DESIRE DISORDER; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; MASTURBATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; ORAL SEX; ORGASM; PATIENT CODING; PERFORMANCE ANXIETY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SEX THERAPY; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STIMULUS; SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL BURNING SENSATION; VAGINISM; VULVODYNIA;

EID: 84884545767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17557682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-7682-6-37     Document Type: Review

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