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Article: Study supports subtypes of female sexual arousal disorder.(Women's Health)
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- Family Practice News
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- April 1, 2005
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SANTA FE, N.M. -- Although 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 at 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 FSAD do complain chiefly of genital impairment, others report that while their body becomes ...