The history of 'Female Sexual Dysfunction' as a mental disorder in the 20th century
The history of 'Female Sexual Dysfunction' as a mental disorder in the 20th century
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DOI:
10.1097/yco.0b013e32833db7a1
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发表时间:
2010-11-01
影响因子:
6.9
通讯作者:
Angel, Katherine
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作者:
Angel, Katherine
Purpose of reviewTo provide an overview of conceptualizations of female sexual problems, and 'Female Sexual Dysfunction' in particular, throughout the 20th century, especially in relation to psychiatry and mental illness.Recent findingsIn the past 15 years, there has been an increase in both medical and public discourse about 'Female Sexual Dysfunction'. I discuss a variety of literature sources dealing with female sexual problems, where these are understood variously as problems of developmental psychopathology, as technical phenomena to be resolved through education, or as medical problems to be addressed pharmaceutically.SummaryThe stigma of mental illness shapes much recent discussion of female sexual problems, as does the legacy of the postwar critique of psychodynamic psychiatry.