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What is the difference between certification for Sex therapy in Canada and the US |
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• Canada - No special certification exists - psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical counsellor, physician, obstetrician, gynaecologist, urologist • USA - board certification from the American Association of Sex Educators |
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
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What are four problems associated with the DSM? |
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1. The danger of over diagnosis - temptation to label anything abnormal, problematic or irritating a mental disorder - eg. paraphilias
2. The power of diagnostic labels (in general) - ostracized and marginalized - absolves people of their problems - self-fulfilling prophecy
3. the illusion of objectivity and universality - many diagnoses appear value judgements, decided by consensus and not through empirical study - APPEARS this way
4. The roles of pharmaceutical industry and private health care |
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Non-clinical label for paraphilia? |
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Kink - colloquial label
- once kinks cross into the realm of disability, distress, etc... that becomes paraphilia |
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- helps distinguish among disorders with similar symptoms - improves reliability and agreement among clinicians - open to empirical study and challenge - allows for insurance coverage |
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What are Sexual Desire Disorders according to the DSM? |
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- Hypoactive sexual desire - Sexual aversion |
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What are Sexual Pain Disorders according to the DSM? |
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- Dyspareunia - Vaginismus |
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What are Disorders of Sexual Arousal according to the DSM? |
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- Female Arousal disorder - Male Erectile Disorder |
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What are Disorders or Orgasm according to the DSM? |
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- Female Orgasmic Disorder - Male Orgasmic Disorder - Premature Ejactulation |
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What are the specifiers in diagnosing sexual disorders? |
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- Life long vs. Acquired (primary vs. secondary) - global vs. situational - gradual vs. sudden |
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What is hypoactive sexual desire? |
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when someone is persistently or recurrently deficient sexual fantasies and desire for sexual activity |
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Is hypoactive sexual desire higher in men or women? |
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Much higher prevalence in women - 1/2 - 1/3 women report low sexual desire; 10-20% meet criteria - men 20% of men age 18-24 report low sexual desire |
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Is hypoactive sexual desire higher in men or women? |
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Much higher prevalence in women - 1/2 - 1/3 women report low sexual desire; 10-20% meet criteria - men 20% of men age 18-24 report low sexual desire |
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How is hypoactive sexual desire treated? |
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- rule out anxiety, stress, depression - couples therapy - sensate focus - testosterone therapy? |
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A set of sexual exercises for couples introduced by Masters and Johnson - aimed at increasing personal and interpersonal awareness of self and others' needs - focus on sense experience rather than seeing orgasm as the sole goal |
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What three things must be addressed with sensate focus? |
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1. Assumptions 2. Goal-oriented sexual performance 3. cognitive interference |
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What are the four stages of sensate focus? |
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1. touch body (no genies)
2. touching all over, guided by partner
3. mutual touching that feels neutral (no sex) - shift attention away from own body onto partner's
4. increase genital touching with goal of arousal, proceed to intercourse when ready |
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What is Sexual Aversion disorder? |
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extreme aversion to, and avoidance of, all or most genital sexual contact with sexual partner |
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How is sexual aversion disorder treated? |
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- cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) - systematic desensitization - anxiolytics - drugs to treat anxiety |
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What is female sexual arousal disorder? |
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inability of chicks to attain or maintain wetness until the end of a sexual sesh |
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how prevalent is female sexual arousal disorder |
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What is Erectile Disorder and how prevalent is it? |
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Can't stay hard - more than 50% will experience ED somewhat to completely - not inevitable - organic causes more prominent than psychological causes |
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What are some organic causes of ED? |
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- diabetes - circulation abnormalities - neurological causes - hormonal or endocrine causes - medications - psychological factors - lifestyle |
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What are 3 pharmaceutical treatments for ED? |
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1. Viagra (sildenafil) - 4-hour half-life - take 1hr before planned sexual activity 2. Levitra (vardenafil) - 4-6hr half-life 3. Cialis (tadalafil) - 30 mins before sexual activity - 17-hr half-life - few side-effects |
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What are non-pharmaceutical treatments for ED? |
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1. Alprostadil - putting a thing in your dick ten mins before you wanna faaaack - vasodilation 2. Penis Pump - draws blood to your dick - cock rang |
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What is Female orgasmic disorder? |
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delay in, or absence of, orgasm
diagnosis should be based on the clinician's judgement that the womans orgasmic capacity is less than reasonable for her age, sexual experience, and the adequacy of sexual stimulation |
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How is female orgasmic disorder treated? and how prevalent is it? |
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25% in NA, more in asia, less in europe treated with guided masturbation |
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How prevalent is Male orgasmic disorder? |
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0-10%, likely less than 3% rare, bros usually cum |
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Let's talk about pre-jack |
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- no good definition - medical definition is less than 2 mins - Kinsey said 75% ejack in less than 2 mins - time varies from 6-14 based on studies, average 6-7 - 50% of people complain about ejacking too fast |
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1. SSRIs - increase serotonin and reduce anxiety 2. Squeeze technique 3. stop-start - ask eland (778-773-1406) |
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What the fuck is dyspareunia? and how prevalent is it? |
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pain with attempted or complete vaginal entry (commonly known as "small-puss") - 10% northern europe and 30% asia - treated with vestibulectomy, dilators, CBT - vulvodynia, vestibulodynia - is the pain in the vulva or the vestibules? |
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scared of being boned with fingers, dicks, cucumbers, and the like in anticipation of pain - 1-6% or people - involuntary contractions of the pussy |
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Is mismatched sexual desire a disorder? |
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are you kidding? aviously not you fuck head |
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What does PSAS stand for? |
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Persistent sexual arousal syndrome - girl that's always horny and it's uncomfortable. Also known as "grumpy pussy" - relieved by orgasm |
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Share some insight on sexual addiction/sexual compulsivity/hypersexual disorder |
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Go to 2363 Ottawa Avenue, West Van, at 10PM after the final examination at the Wellington. I'm a autogynephiliac |
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What are some different types of sex work? |
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prostitution dancing massage live sex/peep shows webcaming phone sex dominatrixes/doms pornography |
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What were pornography laws largely shaped by? |
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the 80s feminist movement |
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How often do men look at porn |
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90.2% look on a weekly basis 48.5 of women |
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- women dont watch - only perverts consume porn - only lonely bros with no way to get off - |
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Describe the study on Self-perceived effects of pornography done by Hald and Malamuth (2008) |
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Used 5 composite variables: - sex life - frequency of sex, performance, experimentation - quality of life - perceptions and attitudes towards the opposite gender - attitudes toward sex - sexual knowledge
Results: - no relation between porn use and negative side effects - no effect due to porn consumption - believe that media and boos' reports of highly negative effects on consumers of porn are exaggerated or unfounded |
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Is there a relationship between porn use and violence in crimes? |
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How do pimps wrangle bitches? |
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1. drug addiction 2. love-bombing - fallingi n love, then being told that sex for money is just temporary 3. gorilla pimping - kidnapping, forced into it |
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What are barriers to leaving prostitution? |
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fear of death, violence distrust of society in general addicitons money dont understand non-sex traffic world lack of belief they can do anything else |
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Why is it difficult to convict pimps? |
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- her word against his - need precise dates and times of assaults - go to court - judges and juries are uninformed about realities of prostitution |
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