title: Anxiety related to sexual abuse: A case of recurrent priapism.
abstract: Recurrent priapism is notoriously difficult to treat and very distressing to the sufferer. There is little literature about emotional contributors to this condition. We report a case of a man with sexual abuse and severe anxiety who responded acutely to emotion-focused treatment with persistent cessation of severe recurrent priapism episodes. A second case treated with the same method had a similar response to treatment. Emotional factors may be relevant in certain cases of recurrent priapism and these factors warrant clinical management and formal study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON;
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abbass
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grantmyre
authors.forename: Robin L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Kay