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Moniek M ter Kuile1, Stephanie Both, Jacques J D M van Lankveld
1Outpatient Clinic for Psychosomatic Gynecology and Sexology (VRSP), Leiden University Medical Center, Poortgebouw-Zuid, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands. m.m.ter_kuile@lumc.nl
Abstract:
Sexual dysfunctions in women are classified into disorders of desire, arousal, orgasm, and pain (including dyspareunia and vaginismus). As the cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) procedures differ among these sexual disorders, the treatments for each disorder are reviewed separately. The efficacy of CBT differs depending on the specific sexual dysfunction to be treated. It is concluded that only a few CBT treatments for women's sexual dysfunction have yet been empirically investigated in a methodologically sound way and little is known about which of the treatment components are most effective.
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