[HORROR, SHAME AND GUILT IN THE BEDROOM: THE EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO TRAUMA ON SEXUAL FUNCTION].

Since the brutal October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel, the encroachment of the battlefield into the daily lives of all Israelis has impacted both civilians and combatants in various ways. The development of post-traumatic stress reactions has far-reaching effects across numerous aspects of life. One of the lesser-discussed consequences is the onset of sexual dysfunction.

Self esteem, dependency, self-efficacy and self-criticism in social anxiety disorder.

Background: Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by fear and avoidance in social situations where one perceives being in danger of scrutiny by others. Low self-esteem, low self-efficacy, high self-criticism and high dependency are additional potential features of SAD, and thus their examination is warranted, as is the elucidation of their inter-relationship.

Method: Thirty-two SAD subjects diagnosed with the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview and 30 healthy controls, were administered the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS), the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale, the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire (DEQ) that assesses self-criticism, dependency and self-efficacy, and a socio-demographic questionnaire.

Not only headache: higher degree of sexual pain symptoms among migraine sufferers.

Chronic illness and chronic pain can have profound negative effects on relationship and sexual satisfaction, yet the influence of migraine on sexuality has not been previously evaluated. To assess sexual functions in subjects with migraine compared to those with no migraine. We evaluated female university students using the Israeli sexual behavior inventory (ISBI).

Transdermal testosterone gel prn application for hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women: a controlled pilot study of the effects on the arizona sexual experiences scale for females and sexual function questionnaire.

Introduction: Several studies suggest that increased plasma testosterone can improve sexual function and desire in post-oophorectomy or postmenopausal women. However, side effects of chronic daily testosterone raise questions about the generalizability of this treatment approach. Sublingual testosterone was reported to cause testosterone levels to peak after 15 minutes and then decline to baseline levels within 90 minutes.

[Commercial sex work: psychiatric and medical aspects].

Commercial sex work has many medical and psychiatric implications. In recent years many papers on this matter have been published. However, many of these articles are based on opinions rather then on empiric fieldwork.

Lack of association between joint hyperlaxity and, I: panic disorder, and II: reactivity to carbon dioxide in healthy volunteers.

This study attempted to replicate previous reports of associations between panic disorder and joint hyperlaxity. The authors also examined possible associations between reacitivity to carbon dioxide (CO(2)), a model for panic vulnerability, and hyperlaxity in healthy volunteers. One hundred and one patients with DSM-IV panic disorder and 39 healthy volunteers were assessed for hyperlaxity by Beighton's criteria.

Influence of the serotonin antagonist, metergoline, on the anxiogenic effects of carbon dioxide, and on heart rate and neuroendocrine measures, in healthy volunteers.

The mechanism of action of carbon dioxide (CO(2)) angiogenesis is unknown; only recently have possible serotonergic (5-HT) influences begun to be studied. In separate double-blind challenges 1 week apart, 14 healthy volunteers received two vital capacity inhalations each of 35% CO(2) and of air, once after a single capsule of placebo and once after a single capsule containing 4 mg of the 5-HT antagonist metergoline in a randomized crossover design. The inhalations were repeated 1 and 2 days after the ingestion of capsules, to investigate possible delayed effects of metergoline, and possible tolerance to repeated CO(2) after placebo.