Pattern Of Psychosexual Disorders Among Male Patient Attending Dermatology OPD In A Tertiary Care Center - A Descriptive Study
Keywords:
Psychosexual disorder, Premature ejaculation, Eretile Dysfunction, Dhat Syndrome, Nocturnal EmissionAbstract
Objective To evaluate the pattern of psychosexual disorder in male patient psychosexual disorders (PSDs) in male patients Methods Male patients of 18 years and above who attended dermatology OPD for some psychosexual disorder were evaluated for the study. A complete demographic information including age, educational status, occupation, marital status was taken. Results Total 364 patients with psychosexual problems were included. The mean age of patients was 35.47±11.83 years. The highest number of patients was of 26 to 40 years age group (46.2%). Premature ejaculation (PME) was the commonest PSD (35.2%), followed by erectile dysfunction (ED), (23.65%). Many patients had more than one type of PSDs, of them PME and ED combination the most prevalent (14.3%). Mental stress was very much related (64.8%) to PSDs and usually PSD pts consulted doctors for their problems(68.7%).In married patients, PME (64.41%) and ED (45.76%) whereas in unmarried this number was 29.69% and 25%, respectively. Dhat syndrome (DS) and nocturnal emission (NE) was mainly problem of the unmarried patients. Religion, background, literacy and economic status is not important factors for different types of PSDs .There is a trend of PSDs in different age group. Conclusion The lack of education regarding sexual health may have been responsible for seeking help when the sexual situation arose after marriage. A more elaborative sexual education which would lead to timely medical consultation with qualified practitioner to deal the problem effectively is the need of the hour.References
Freud, S. (1940). The development of the sexual function. Standard edition, 23, 152-156.
Annon JS. The Behavioural Treatment of Sexual Problems; Brief Therapy. New York, Harper & Row, 1976.
Sathyanarayana Rao T. S., Darshan M. S., Tandon A. An epidemiological study of sexual disorders in south Indian rural population. Indian J Psychiatry. 2015 Apr-Jun; 57(2): 150–157.
Frank E, Anderson C, Rubinstein D. Frequency of sexual dysfunction in “normal” couples. N Engl J Med. 1978;299:111–5.
Rosen RC. Medical and psychological interventions for erectile dysfunction: Toward a combined treatment approach. In: Leiblum SR, Rosen RC, editors. Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy. 3rd ed. New York: Guilford Press; 2000. pp. 276–304
Bhatia MS, Jhanjee A, Srivastava S. Pattern of Psychosexual Disorders among malesattending psychiatry OPD of a Tertiary care Hospital.Delhi Psychiatry J 2011; 14(2):266-269.
Mittal AK, Gupta V, Kapoor A, Dang P. Sexual Dysfunctions in Rural Population as Indicators of Psychiatric and Addiction Problems. International Journal of Scientific Study . September 2014 ; Vol 2 Issue 6: p 86-90
Avasthi A, Basu D, Kulhara P, Banerjee ST. Psychosexual dysfunction in Indian male patients: Revisited after seven years. Arch Sex Behav 1994;23:685-95.
Gupta SK, Dayal S, Jain VK, Kataria U, Relhan V. Profile of male patients with psychosexual disorders. Indian J Sex Transm Dis 2004;25:33-7.
Verma KK, Khaitan BK, Singh OP. The frequency of sexual dysfunctions in patients attending a sex therapy clinic in north India. Arch Sex Behav 1998;27:309-14.
Wig NN. Problems of mental health in India. J Clin Social Psychol (India) 1960;17:48–53.
Dhikav V, Aggarwal N, Gupta S, Jadhavi R, Singh K. Depression in Dhat syndrome. J Sex Med. 2008;5:841–4
Verma R, Mina S, Shiraz Ul-Hassan, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara . A Descriptive Analysis of Patients Presenting to Psychosexual Clinic at a Tertiary Care Center. Indian J Psychol Med Volume 35(3); Jul-Sep 2013
Bagadia VN, Dave KP, Pradhan PV, Shah LP. Study of 258 male patients with sexual problems. Indian J Psychiatry. 1972;14:143–51.
