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Article: Study confirms at least two subtypes of FSAD.(Gynecology)
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- OB GYN News
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- March 1, 2005
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SANTA FE, N.M. -- While the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders defines only one type of female sexual arousal disorder, there is now physiologic evidence that there are at least two subtypes of the disorder, Lori A. Brotto, Ph.D., reported during the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research.
For a diagnosis of female sexual arousal disorder (FSAD), DSM-IV-TR requires "persistent or recurrent inability to attain ... an adequate lubrication-swelling response of sexual excitement."
Although some women with the disorder do complain mostly of genital impairment, others report that while their ...