title: Potency disorder among Pathans.
abstract: In a working class industrial area of Karachi hundred consecutive Pathans presenting to a family physician with potency disorder were examined. After exclusion of those with structural or drug related conditions, a structured proforma was introduced. Their presentation, associated symptoms and background pointed to masked depression and lack of sex education. Symptoms of anxiety were noticed in 49% and depressive features in 43%. The guilt feelings were reinforced by Hakims and lay literature which stress more on masturbation (79%) and spermatorrhoea (60%) and not extra-marital intercourse (52%) or bestiality (39%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications; D003469:Culture; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors