Prevalence of sexual dysfunctions and other sexual disorders in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder compared to the general population.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by symptoms of inattention and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity that lead to dysfunctioning in daily life. One of the affected areas of life that has so far not been studied in ADHD is sexual functioning. The goal of this study was to assess prevalence of sexual dysfunctions and other sexual disorders among adults with ADHD.

Sex education, relationships, and sexuality in young adults with spina bifida.

Objectives: To assess the adequacy of sex education and to determine the incidence of various difficulties encountered in relationships and sexual contact by young adults who have spina bifida (SB) with and without hydrocephalus (HC) in the Netherlands.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Setting: Community.

The plication procedure for penile curvature: surgical outcome and postoperative sexual functioning.

Objective: This study evaluates the patients' judgement of the surgical outcome of the plication procedure, as described by Schröder and Essed, and the postoperative sexual functioning of patients with congenital curvatures and Peyronie's disease.

Patients And Methods: Of 98 patients treated for penile curvatures between 1985 and 1996, 85 patients received postoperatively a 'Questionnaire Assessing the Outcome of Surgery' and a short version of the 'Questionnaire for Screening Sexual Dysfunctions'.

Results: 28 patients with congenital curvatures and 31 with Peyronie's disease were evaluated.

Classification of sexual dysfunctions: towards DSM-V and ICD-11.

This article reports on the changes in the classification of sexual dysfunctions since DSM-III, and on the results of the efforts to make these disorders compatible in DSM-IV and ICD-10. A comparison is made between the ways in which sexual dysfunctions are conceptualized in DSM-III, DSM-III-R, DSM-IV, and ICD-10. Special attention is given to the extent to which: (1) in the diagnostic criteria due weight is given to the physiological and psychological aspects, and to the different phases of the sexual response cycle; and (2) these disorders apply to people of different sexes and sexual orientations, and to problems arising while using different sexual techniques.

Sexual functioning of adult patients born with meningomyelocele. A pilot study.

Objectives: This pilot study was started to get an impression of the sexual activity and sexual difficulties of adult patients born with meningomyelocele in control at Utrecht University Hospital, and to find out whether these problems deserve more attention from the Spina Bifida Team.

Methods: Seventeen patients (9 men, 8 women; aged 19-44) were asked to participate; 11 (8 men, 3 women) decided to take part in this study. All these patients were interviewed by their physician about their present sexual life; 6 of them also completed the 'Questionnaire for screening Sexual Dysfunctions' (QSD).

Type A behavior and social support among employed women.

The current study investigated the relation between Type A behavior and social support among working women. The research design closely paralleled a previous study of employed men. A convenience sample of 89 employed women (age range, 22-58 years) completed the Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS), a short aggression scale, a questionnaire designed to measure their proneness to seek support in problem situations, and a questionnaire assessing both structural and functional aspects of their social network.