Sexual Disorders: Progress Made and Way Ahead

Autor: Avasthi, Ajit, Grover, Sandeep, Rao, T. S. Sathyanarayana
Zdroj: Journal of Psychosexual Health; 20240101, Issue: Preprints p19-25, 7p
Abstrakt: Although sexuality has a long history in the Indian literature, it is not discussed openly due to various reasons. Although sexual medicine has seen a reasonable growth in the last 70 years, somehow, psychological factors associated with the development of various sexual dysfunctions have not received due importance. Cultural factors which contribute to development and persistence of sexual disorders have not been evaluated properly. In terms of training, there is a wide variation across different centers in this country. There are very few indigenously designed instruments for the assessment of sexual disorders and there is limited data on well-evaluated indigenously designed interventions for the management of various sexual disorders. There is a need to homogenize the training and liaise with other specialists working in this area. Centers with well-developed services for sexual disorders need to start observerships and postdoctoral fellowship programs to train the interested clinicians. There is a need for multicentric studies to generate national-level data.
Databáze: Supplemental Index