Psychogenic erectile impotence--a useful or a misleading concept?
Psychological factors alone may not fully explain some cases of apparently purely psychogenic acute situational impotence. Chronic impotence is often due to a combination of aetiological factors. Erectile selectivity is not a reliable means of diagnosing purely psychogenic impotence. Nocturnal penile tumescence monitoring is not absolutely reliable in making a distinction between organic and psychogenic impotence. The either/or concept of impotence being organic or psychogenic should be abandoned as serious errors can be made by adhering to it.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010413:Penis / Q000098:blood supply / Q000503:physiopathology