title: Ego deficiencies in the areas of pleasure, intimacy, and cooperation: guidelines in the diagnosis and treatment of sexual dysfunctions.
abstract: Psychopathology, in the form of a deficiency in the ego functions of pleasure, intimacy, or cooperation, is usually associated with sexual dysfunctions that prove refractory to sex therapy techniques alone. Each of these deficiencies forms a distinct clinical syndrome with specific treatment requirements, necessitating further diagnostic subcategorization of sexual disorders.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011599:Psychopathology; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*