[The treatment of sexual disorders in men with autonomic dystonia]

Results are reported of a study of 55 males with disorders of sexual potency with an objectively registered manifestation of vegetative dystonia. It was shown that sexual disorders in these patients have a psychogenic character. All of them showed neurosis and neurosis-like symptoms. With the purpose of finding effective treatment psychotherapy, phallic stimulation and physiotherapy were tried. Most effective was individual psychotherapy with elements of hypnotic suggestion and phallic vascular stimulation by local negative pressure.