Hypoactive sexual desire disorder in women: Implications for family practice
Hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), the persistent or recurrent lack of sexual fantasies, thoughts, and desires resulting in personal distress, is one of 4 categories of female sexual dysfunction. Providers are known to consistently underestimate and underrecognize their patients’ sexual problems. A stigma associated with communicating about sex, cultural embarrassment, and avoidance of discussion of sexual dysfunction in the clinical environment are common barriers that prevent providers and patients from talking about sex.
On completion of this activity, participants should be able to define HSDD and identify the factors associated with it or that may contribute to it; describe the steps required for taking a thorough and clinically pertinent sexual history; explain how to screen patients for HSDD, how to identify and diagnose patients at risk for HSDD, and how to refer them to appropriate resources; identify interventions and pharmacologic treatments for HSDD and provide evidence of their effectiveness; and discuss patient and provider obstacles to the recognition and management of HSDD and identify strategies for overcoming these barriers
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