Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Women
1h 34m
Anna Maria Giraldi
Professor of Clinical Sexology & Psychiatrist
Trailer
Get AccessFull VideoContent and Aim: This is a state of the art lecture on hypoactive sexual desire disorder in women. It covers important aspects of the definitions that have triggered a lot of discussion during the last years. What is high and what is low sexual desire? What is the connection with arousal? How frequent is this problem, what are the risk factors and how we can assess women with such a complain. In addition, this lecture covers briefly how sexologists can treat women with low sexual desire. In this lecture Prof. Anna Maria Giraldi presents not only the state of the art data, but also her clinical experience, by using clinical case and many examples that helps us increase our ( and the patient’s) understanding of this complex problem.
Learning Objectives:
- Know the key aspects of the definition for hypoactive sexual desire in women
- Be familiar with the clinical presentation of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in women that is not secondary to another sexual dysfunction and hypoactive sexual desire with arousal disorder
- Know the prevalence and association with age
- Know the most strongly associated organic and psychogenic, sexual and couple related factors that explain hypoactive sexual desire disorder
- Be familiar with the therapeutic options: medical and psychological
Produced in 2020
Anna Maria Giraldi
Professor of Clinical Sexology & Psychiatrist
Lecturer
Professor Annamaria Giraldi is Senior Consultant in Psychiatry in the Sexology Clinic at the Mental Health Center Copenhagen University Hospital and Professor in Clinical Sexology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, where she also received her medical degree and PhD.
Professor Giraldi has been involved in basic research on vascular and smooth muscle function in male and female sexual responses, clinical research on the pharmacological treatment of erectile dysfunction and female sexual desire and arousal disorders as well as in research on somatic disease, psychiatric problems and sexuality and transgender care.
Clinically Professor Giraldi works with men, women and couples with sexual dysfunctions Her special academic and clinical interest is disease and sexual function and dysfunction.
Professor Giraldi has published more numerous papers, editorials and book chapters in the field of male and female sexual medicine. She is past Deputy Editor of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, Past President of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health and Past President of the International Society for Sexual Medicine and Editor-in Chief of the Sexual Medicine Review Journal.