| The history of 'Female Sexual Dysfunction' as a mental disorder in the 20th century. | |
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PMID: 20802336 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To 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 FINDINGS: In 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. SUMMARY: The stigma of mental illness shapes much recent discussion of female sexual problems, as does the legacy of the postwar critique of psychodynamic psychiatry. |
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Authors:
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Katherine Angel |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Current opinion in psychiatry Volume: 23 ISSN: 1473-6578 ISO Abbreviation: Curr Opin Psychiatry Publication Date: 2010 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-09-30 Completed Date: 2011-01-21 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8809880 Medline TA: Curr Opin Psychiatry Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 536-41 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Centre for the History of Medicine, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. k.angel@warwick.ac.uk |
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Female History, 20th Century Humans Male Psychoanalysis / history Sexual Behavior / history Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / diagnosis, history*, therapy |
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091658//Wellcome Trust; //Wellcome Trust |
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