I reviewed the empirical literature for 1900-2008 on the paraphilia of Sexual Masochism for the Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Work Group for the forthcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The results of this review were tabulated into a general summary of the criticisms relevant to the DSM diagnosis of Sexual Masochism, the assessment of Sexua...

I reviewed the empirical literature for 1900-2008 on the paraphilia of Sexual Sadism for the Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Workgroup for the forthcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The results of this review were tabulated into a general summary of the criticisms relevant to the DSM diagnosis of Sexual Sadism, the assessment of Sexual...

abstract background: pregnancy can be in conflict with sexual function which can be affected by physical and psychological changes during pregnancy. therefore, comparison of the effect of face‑to‑face education with group education on sexual function during pregnancy in couples was the purpose of this research. materials and methods: in this quasi‑experimental pre‑test post‑test study, 64 pregn...

Purpose – to analyze own results of surgical treatment serious forms disorders sexual development (DSD) in children after feminizing surgeries. To define practical protocol guides on the choice type correction. Materials and methods. Over past 5 years surgeons Lviv regional paediatric clinical hospital «OHMATDYT» have examined 12 with DSD, signs hermaphroditism (intersex). After complex examina...

Variables that impact gender development in humans are difficult to evaluate. This difficulty exists because it is not usually possible to tease apart biological influences on gender from social variables. People with disorders of sex development, or DSD, provide important opportunities to study gender within individuals for whom biologic components of sex can be discordant with social componen...

46,XY Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) has wide variations of clinical manifestations ranging from complete female, genitalia ambiguity, to complete male. Therefore the inviduals with this disorder can be reared as boys or girls. Most of Indonesian DSD cases are facing with budget constraint, because they require series of costly examinations and treatment. We aimed to know the distribution o...