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sex therapy, treatment of sexual disorders and dysfunction, including impotence impotence , inhibited sexual excitement in a man during sexual activity that, despite an unaffected desire for sex, results in inability to attain or maintain a penile erection. Known medically as male erectile dysfunction, it affects younger and older men alike.
..... Click the link for more information. , orgasmic dysfunction, vaginismus (spasm of the muscles of the vagina), premature ejaculation, and lack of sexual responsiveness, not caused by a physical problem. Pioneered by Masters and Johnson Masters and Johnson, pioneering research team in the field of human sexuality, consisting of the gynecologist

William Howell Masters, 1915–2001, b. Cleveland, and the psychologist

Virginia Eshelman Johnson, 1925–, b.
..... Click the link for more information.  in the early 1970s, sex therapy is based on the premise that sexual behavior is learned and that problems can be alleviated through sex education, sensitization exercises, and improved communication between sexual partners. Treatment is generally short-term and focused on the sexual problem, although in some cases sex therapists also address underlying problems in the relationship. It is most successful when it includes the patient's sexual partner.
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That we are still reading about research on sexual dysfunction in this and other journals suggests that the works of Masters and Johnson did not provide the deliverance for which sex researchers, sex therapists and, especially, those living with sexual dysfunction had hoped.
Masters and Johnson's sex research and sex therapy program: a ... by Fuhrmann, Hollie J.; Buhi, Eric R. / The Journal of Sex Research
Educators, human sexuality scholars, physicians, psychologists, sex therapists, and others describe the development and approaches to sexuality education, how the abstinence-only movement arose, the role of values and religion, and government policies in the first volume.
Sexuality education; past, present, and future; 4v by Reference & Research Book News
Although it's not feasible for every urologist to have an in-office sex therapist, patients undergoing treatment for prostate cancer would likely benefit from information about sexual dysfunction, even if it's just a list of sex therapists and other resources, she said.
Mourning helps prostate cancer patients move on by Splete, Heidi / Clinical Psychiatry News
 
 
 
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