Clinical and Research News  DOI: 10.1176/appi.pn.2013.10b11
DSM-5 Self-Exam: Sexual Dysfunctions Psychiatric News Volume 48
Number 20 page 1-1  In DSM-IV-TR, sexual dysfunctions referred
to sexual pain or to a disturbance in one or more phases of the
sexual-response cycle. Research suggests that sexual response is
not always a linear, uniform process and that the distinction
between certain phases (for example, desire and arousal) may be
artificial. In contrast to DSM-IV-TR, gender-specific sexual
dysfunctions have been added, and, for females, sexual desire
and arousal disorders have been combined into one disorder
(female sexual interest/arousal disorder). To improve precision
regarding duration and severity criteria compared with DSM-IV-TR
and to reduce the likelihood of overdiagnosis, all of the sexual
dysfunctions (except substance- /medication-induced sexual
dysfunction) now require a minimum duration of approximately six
months and more precise severity criteria. This provides useful
thresholds for mak