Cited by 225Sexual function and dysfunction studiesSexuality, Behavior, and TechnologySex work and related issues

Women’s sexual dysfunction associated with psychiatric disorders and their treatment

Open access
Basson, Rosemary, Gilks, Thea·2018·Women's Health

Abstract

Impairment of mental health is the most important risk factor for female sexual dysfunction. Women living with psychiatric illness, despite their frequent sexual difficulties, consider sexuality to be an important aspect of their quality of life. Antidepressant and antipsychotic medication, the neurobiology and symptoms of the illness, past trauma, difficulties in establishing relationships and stigmatization can all contribute to sexual dysfunction. Low sexual desire is strongly linked to depression. Lack of subjective arousal and pleasure are linked to trait anxiety: the sensations of physical sexual arousal may lead to fear rather than to pleasure. The most common type of sexual pain is 10 times more common in women with previous diagnoses of anxiety disorder. Clinicians often do not routinely inquire about their patients’ sexual concerns, particularly in the context of psychotic illness but careful assessment, diagnosis and explanation of their situation is necessary and in keeping with patients’ wishes. Evidence-based pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions are available but poorly researched in the context of psychotic illness.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1177/1745506518762664

Cites

155 of 156 references verified1 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Research works printed but not linked: 7

  1. [19]Nnaji R Friedman T. Sexual dysfunctions and schizophrenia: psychiatrists’ attitudes and training needs. Psychiatrist 2008; 32: 208– 210.
  2. [25]Both S Everaerd W Laan E Desire emerges from excitement: a psychophysiological perspective on sexual motivation. In: Janssen E (ed.) The psychophysiology of sex. Bloomington, IA: Indiana University Press, 2007, pp. 327– 339.
  3. [78]Boyarsky BK Hirshfeld RM. The management of medication-induced sexual dysfunction. Essent Psychopharmacol 2000; 3: 39– 58.
  4. [93]El Kissi Y Laaroussi M Gaabout S et al Sexual activity and marital relationships in Tunisian schizophrenic patients: comparison with healthy controls. Europ Neuropsychopharmacol 2010; 20: S511.
  5. [101]Chiesa A Leucci V Serretti A et al Antipsychotics and sexual dysfunction: epidemiology, mechanisms and management. Clin Neuropsychiatry 2013; 10(1): 31.
  6. [126]Brotto LA Basson R Carlson M et al Impact of a mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural treatment for Provoked Vestibulodynia: a qualitative study. Sex Rel Ther 2013; 28: 3– 19.
  7. [151]Snabes MC Zborowski J Simes S. Libigel (testosterone gel) does not differentiate from placebo therapy in the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire in postmenopausal women. 11th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health; Jerusalem Il. J Sex Med 2012; 9: 171.

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Basson, R., & Gilks, T.
Affiliations
University of British Columbia (CA)
Corresponding author
Basson, Rosemary
Venue
Women's Health
Published
2018-01-01
Volume
14
Pages
1745506518762664-1745506518762664
ISSN
  • 1745-5057 (ISSN-L)
  • 1745-5065
OpenAlex
W2797764559
Cited by
225
References
156
Citations by year
2026: 28 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 43 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 2
FWCI
10.23
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Women s Health (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Sexual function and dysfunction studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Sex work and related issues
Keywords
female sexual dysfunction, mental illness, depression, anxiety disorders, antipsychotic drugs, antidepressant side effects, sexual desire, sexual arousal, sexual pain, psychosis, sexual health assessment, quality of life, stigma
MeSH terms
Anxiety, Arousal, Depression, Female, Humans, Libido, Sexual Behavior, Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological, Women's Health, Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review