Treatment effects and adherence of sexually compulsive men in a randomized controlled trial of psychotherapy and medication.

Background: Little attention has been given to efficacious treatment and adherence to treatment of compulsive sexual behavior (CSB).

Aims: Randomized controlled trial investigated short-term psychodynamic group therapy followed by relapse prevention group (STPGP-RPGT) and pharmacological treatment (PT) for CSB men on sexual compulsivity and adherence.

Method: 135 men, 38 (SD = 9) years old on average, were randomly assigned to 1) STPGP-RPGT; 2) PT; 3) Both.

Proportion of ALGBT adult Brazilians, sociodemographic characteristics, and self-reported violence.

Asexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (ALGBT) individuals face worse life conditions and violence rates than their heterosexual cisgender counterparts. Brazil is often highlighted for having one of the highest rates of hate-related homicides against ALGBTs in the world. However, to date, Brazil's ALGBT population has not been investigated with a representative sample, and basic information such as population size or sociodemographic characteristics are mostly based in non-systematic data.

Prevalence of sexual dysfunction in depressive and persistent depressive disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in depressive disorders in individuals not in pharmacological treatment. For this purpose, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis using the PRISMA guidelines, and the review was registered in PROSPERO (registration number CRD42020179709). Studies that evaluated sexual function and dysfunction in major depressive disorder (MDD) and persistent depressive disorder (PDD) were identified through searches in PubMed/Medline, Web of Science, PsychINFO, Scopus, and Scielo.

Proportion of people identified as transgender and non-binary gender in Brazil.

Studies estimate that gender-diverse persons represent 0.1 to 2% of populations investigated, but no such assessment was performed in Latin America. In a representative sample of Brazil's adult population (n = 6000), we investigated participants' sociodemographic characteristics and possible associations between these and current gender identity, categorized as cisgender, transgender or non-binary gender.

Sexual function in female juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients.

Objective: To evaluate sexual function female adolescents and young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and healthy controls.

Methods: After exclusion, 21 female adolescent and young JIA patients and 25 healthy controls were selected for this study. Sexual function was assessed by the Sexual Quotient Questionnaire for Females (SQQ-F) score, which is a validated tool and adapted for Brazilian Portuguese language.

Grey and white matter volumes either in treatment-naïve or hormone-treated transgender women: a voxel-based morphometry study.

Many previous magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have documented sex differences in brain morphology, but the patterns of sexual brain differences in transgender women - male sex assigned at birth - with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria (TW) have been rarely investigated to date. We acquired T1-weighted MRI data for the following four (n = 80) groups: treatment-naïve TW (TNTW), TW treated with cross-sex hormones for at least one year (TTW), cisgender men, and cisgender women (cisgender individuals as controls). Differences in whole-brain and regional white matter volume and grey matter volume (GMV) were assessed using voxel-based morphometry.

Erectile Function Predicts Sexual Satisfaction in Men With Spinal Cord Injury.

Introduction: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is usually a sudden traumatic event and has a negative effect on sexual function.

Aim: To evaluate the characteristics of sexual activity in men with SCI and identify predictors of being sexually active and having a satisfactory sex life.

Methods: We assessed sexual activity profiles of men with SCI from a Brazilian tertiary rehabilitation center from February to August 2012.

Analysis of sexual function of patients with dermatomyositis and polymyositis through self-administered questionnaires: a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: To date, there are no descriptions in the literature on gynecologic and sexual function evaluation in female patients with dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM).

Objective: To assess sexual function in female patients with DM/PM.

Patients And Methods: This is a monocentric, cross-sectional study in which 23 patients (16 DM and 7 PM), with ages between 18 and 40 years, were compared to 23 healthy women of the same age group.

The impact of ejaculatory dysfunction upon the sufferer and his partner.

Ejaculatory function cannot be evaluated outside the dyadic process and without taking into account the men's and women's cognition of the condition and how their subjective perception impacts on the evaluation of the relationship and sexual quality. Although the distress of the sufferer and his partner has been a motivating factor in leading men with ejaculatory dysfunction to seek medical help, few objective or prospective evaluations of the effects on the couple have been reported. Specialized literature has been dealing with ejaculatory disorders in a heterogeneous manner.

Evaluation of Sexual Dysfunction in Men With Spinal Cord Injury Using the Male Sexual Quotient.

Objective: To assess different aspects of sexual function in men with spinal cord injury (SCI) using the Male Sexual Quotient (MSQ), a newly developed tool to assess sexual function and satisfaction.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Tertiary rehabilitation center.

Perceptions about penis size among supposedly healthy 40 to 60-year-old Brazilian men: a cross-sectional pilot study.

Context And Objective: Many men seek medical treatments complaining that their penises are too small (short) when in fact they are not (they are not cases of micropenis). The objective of the present study was to evaluate men's satisfaction with their own bodies and sex life and the prevalence of erectile dysfunction, among men who were not seeking medical or psychological advice.

Design And Setting: Cross-sectional study in a private, philanthropic hospital in São Paulo, Brazil.

Compulsive sexual behavior and psychopathology among treatment-seeking men in São Paulo, Brazil.

This study examined compulsive sexual behavior (CSB) and psychopathology in a treatment-seeking sample of men in São Paulo, Brazil. Eighty-six men (26% gay, 17% bisexual, 57% heterosexual) who met diagnostic criteria for excessive sexual drive and sexual addiction completed assessments consisting of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, a structured clinical interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders-Clinical Version (segment for Impulse Control Disorder), Sexual Compulsivity Scale (SCS), and questions about problematic CSB. The average SCS score for our sample was above the cut-off score reported in other studies, and 72% of the sample presented at least one Axis I psychiatric diagnosis.

[Sexual function and quality of life of low-risk pregnant women].

Purpose: To evaluate, in healthy women in the second trimester of pregnancy, a possible association between sexual function and quality of life, and between sexual function and sexual satisfaction.

Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 51 pregnant women managed at a low-risk antenatal care clinic. Sexual function was evaluated through the Sexual Quotient - Female Version (QS-F) questionnaire.

[Pregnancy and gestational diabetes: a prejudicial combination to female sexual function?].

Purpose: To compare the sexual function of healthy adult pregnant women with that of gestational diabetes patients (GDM) in the third trimester.

Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled two groups of women managed antenatal care clinics. Inclusion criteria were: maternal age .

Unconventional sexual behaviors and their associations with physical, mental and sexual health parameters: a study in 18 large Brazilian cities.

Objective: There have been many studies investigating paraphilias and sexual compulsion, but thus far little data about prevalence of unusual sexual practices that are subthreshold for these diagnoses. The associations between unconventional sexual behavior and sociodemographic and health parameters were investigated.

Method: A cross-sectional study of 7,022 individuals (45.

Sexual dysfunctions among people living with AIDS in Brazil.

Introduction: Sexual dysfunction symptoms in patients with HIV have not been fully investigated in Brazil.

Objectives: To investigate the association between sexual dysfunction symptoms and AIDS among participants in the Brazilian Sex Life Study.

Methods: The Brazilian Sex Life Study is a cross-sectional population study.

Prevalence of erectile dysfunction as defined by the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) and self-reported erectile dysfunction in a sample of Brazilian men who consider themselves healthy.

A cross-sectional study was carried out with 288 male blood donors, aged between 40 and 60 years old, with the aim of comparing the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) as defined by the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) and that resulting from the simple questioning of the presence of ED. Socio-demographic, clinical, and behavioral factors that are associated with the presence of ED were considered. Erectile dysfunction prevalence in the IIEF was 31.

Erectile dysfunction and correlated factors in Brazilian men aged 18-40 years.

Introduction: Few population-based studies in erectile dysfunction (ED) included subjects less than 40 years old and analyzed the several factors and consequences potentially associated with this condition.

Aim: Evaluation of the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) and associated factors in a sample of Brazilian men aged 18 to 40 years old.

Methods: Cross-sectional study in which subjects were contacted in public places of 18 major Brazilian cities and interviewed using an anonymous questionnaire.

Effect of musculoskeletal pain on sexuality of male adolescents and adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Objective: To develop a questionnaire for the evaluation of sexuality of male patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).

Methods: A cohort of male patients with rheumatoid factor (RF)-negative polyarticular JIA according to the 2004 revised ILAR criteria and inactive disease was studied. The Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) was applied to all patients.