[What do we need to know about sexology in our urologic practice?]. 2013

F Hedon, and F Cour
f.hedon@hotmail.com

OBJECTIVE To know the different types in sex therapy and their usefulness in urologic practice. METHODS Review of articles published on this subject in the Medline (Pubmed) database, selected according to their scientific relevance, and a reflexion from our own experience. RESULTS Most pathologies can affect sexual function and a relationship directly or indirectly. It is advisable, therefore, to question patients about their sexual health, in particular during or after certain illnesses where deterioration of sexual function is more and more well known. Urologists are often faced with patients having such problems and should be familiar with the sexological approach so as to participate in multidisciplinary management of these problems, since urology alone does not bring a solution. The main axes of sex therapy: the emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and relational factors, will be associated as necessary and adapted to each case. The main objective is a holistic management of the problem with the patient and the partner going beyond the purely sexual aspect. Pharmaceutical treatment of the sexual problem alone, without taking into account the personal and relational problems of the patients, often leads to failure or abandon of the treatment in spite of initial success. By fixing a therapeutic strategy with the patients, based on their clear expectations, they become the actors in the recovery of a satisfactory sex life, with an interactive dialogue with the sex therapist.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012735 Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological Physiological disturbances in normal sexual performance in either the male or the female. Sex Disorders,Sexual Disorders, Physiological,Sexual Dysfunctions, Physiological,Physiological Sexual Disorder,Physiological Sexual Disorders,Physiological Sexual Dysfunction,Physiological Sexual Dysfunctions,Sexual Disorder, Physiological
D014572 Urology A surgical specialty concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the urinary tract in both sexes, and the genital tract in the male. Common urological problems include urinary obstruction, URINARY INCONTINENCE, infections, and UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS.
D044347 Sexology This discipline concerns the study of SEXUALITY, and the application of sexual knowledge such as sexual attitudes, psychology, and SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. Scope of application generally includes educational (SEX EDUCATION), clinical (SEX COUNSELING), and other settings.
D020018 Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological Disturbances in sexual desire and the psychophysiologic changes that characterize the sexual response cycle and cause marked distress and interpersonal difficulty. (APA, DSM-IV, 1994) Frigidity,Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder,Orgasmic Disorder,Psychosexual Disorders,Psychosexual Dysfunctions,Sexual Arousal Disorder,Sexual Aversion Disorder,Arousal Disorders, Sexual,Aversion Disorders, Sexual,Disorder, Psychosexual,Disorders, Orgasmic,Disorders, Psychosexual,Disorders, Sexual Arousal,Disorders, Sexual Aversion,Dysfunction, Psychological Sexual,Dysfunction, Psychosexual,Dysfunctions, Psychological Sexual,Dysfunctions, Psychosexual,Orgasmic Disorders,Psychological Sexual Dysfunction,Psychological Sexual Dysfunctions,Psychosexual Disorder,Psychosexual Dysfunction,Sexual Arousal Disorders,Sexual Aversion Disorders,Sexual Dysfunction, Psychological

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