[Personality characteristics of men with psychogenic erectile dysfunction]

Based on psychological examination of 47 males with the diagnosis of psychogenic erectile dysfunction, the following personality characteristics were defined by the authors as typical of these patients: 1. a high level of anxiety and neuroticism, 2. reduced masculinity in the partnership, 3. normal heterosexual development and preserved libido associated with markedly substandard sexual function at present. Judging by the results obtained, the authors believe that the confining the diagnostic and therapeutic approach exclusively to the issue of sexual reactivity would be too much of a simplification in these patients, considering their distinct personality and partnership components.