title: Painful coitus: a review of female dyspareunia.
abstract: The literature on female dyspareunia is reviewed with an emphasis on description and classification, incidence and prevalence, etiological factors, and treatment approaches. The research is found to be plagued with methodological problems and characterized by a persistent dichotomization of issues into physiological and psychological categories. A systematized and integrated approach to the study of coital pain is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meana
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Binik
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004414:Dyspareunia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012107:Research Design; D012737:Sex Factors; D009626:Terminology as Topic