title: [Psychophysiologic and psychopathologic aspects associated with sexual dysfunction].
abstract: The authors review the relations between anxiety and sexual dysfunctions in base of studies that, in general, suggest the anxiety is common among subjects with sexual dysfunctions, but the level and the nature of the anxiety could vary much in the interindividual pattern. It revises experimental and clinical works that describe the anxiety provides the sexual arousal, studying the neurophysiological and neurochemical substratum which compares anxiety and sexual responses. It discusses the presence of psychopathology associated with sexual dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría y Psicología Médica, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Salamanca.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sánchez Iglesias
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Llorca Ramón
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: Aspectos psicofisiológicos y psicopatología asociada en las disfunciones sexuales.