title: Female sexual disorders: assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.
abstract: Despite the increased popular attention that sexual dysfunction has received in the recent past, more often than not physicians and their patients remain avoidant of the topic in clinical visits. The patient hesitancy in this dynamic suggests that clinicians can best serve their patients by routinely initiating discussions about sexual function during clinical visits. In this article, we provide an overview of the female sexual dysfunctions and address screening and treatment options.
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproductive Biology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA. sherly.kingsberg@uhhs.com
authors.forename: Sheryl A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kingsberg
authors.forename: Jeffrey W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Janata
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010808:Physical Examination; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D019529:Sexuality / Q000502:physiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires