Sexuality in women with obsessive compulsive disorder.
This study assessed the effect of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) on sexual function. Twenty-three outpatients who met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994) diagnostic criteria for OCD were obtained from consecutive cases recruited to Osmangazi University Department of Psychiatry and were compared to a group of 26 generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) female outpatients. Psychiatric, psychological, and sexual information was obtained with the Maudlsey Obsessional-Compulsive Inventory (Hodgson & Rachman, 1977), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger, Gorsuch, & Lushere, 1970), and the Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (Rust & Golombok, 1986). We found that the women with OCD were more sexually nonsensual, avoidant, and anorgasmic than the women with GAD. These data suggest that OCD may be a risk factor for sexual problems in women.
Aksaray
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Department of Psychiatry, Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey. gokaya@ogu.edu.tr
Yelken
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Kaptanoğlu
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Oflu
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Ozaltin
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D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires