Psychosexual Dysfunction
Overview
Causes
Psychosexual dysfunction is caused by mental health problems, such as:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Prior abuse or rape
- Guilty feelings
- Stress
- Not feeling good about yourself
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Risk Factors
Things that may raise the risk of this problem are:
- Having any of the mental health problems that cause it
- Problems at work
- Problems with the people in a person's life
- Hormone changes or postpartum depression from having a baby
- Worrying about your sexual orientation
- Worrying about having sex
- Prior bad feelings or pain
- Conflict with your partner
- Guilt or worry because of religion or the way of life where you live
- Money problems
- Family problems
- Abuse from your partner
SymptomsandDiagnosis
Symptoms
Symptoms differ for men and women.
Men:
- Not able to keep an erection
- Ejaculate too soon or not at all
- Not able to be aroused at the right moments
- Not able to reach orgasm
- Lessened desire for sex
Women:
- Not able to reach orgasm
- Low desire for sex
- Muscles around the vagina that tighten without control and cause pain
- Pain during sex
- Dry vagina
Treatments
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Edits to original content made by Denver Health.
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