Female Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

Female Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

Introduction

This paper intends to discuss the female hypoactive sexual desire disorder. The female hypoactive sexual desire disorder is commonly known as HSDD. This disease is basically a sexual dysfunction which tends to characterize the lack of sexual fantasies. There are people who essentially lack the basic desire of sexual activities. People usually do not accept that this is a disease. However; with the passage of time, clinicians have been witnessing an increased number of females with the hypoactive sexual desire disorder. Doctors need to be sure about several things before claiming any female having this order. Other mental disorders, distress of interpersonal difficulties and any other medical conditions need to be marked out before diagnosing someone as hypoactive sexual desire disorder. This paper is divided into two separate parts. The first part of the paper would be used to discuss the actual mental illness of female hypoactive sexual desire disorder. The essence of the disorder will be described in this part of the paper.

Different theories along with the strengths and weaknesses of the theories will be elaborated. The second part of the paper would describe the present treatment plans for the underlying illness of female hypoactive sexual desire disorder. The different treatment methods will be elaborated in this part of the paper. The way different treatment plans can manifests in the lives of people who are going through the disease will be explained. The characteristics of different treatment theories are also important to analyze. Lastly, how the therapist can work with the client, the underlying therapeutic techniques which are most effective and useful and the related research regarding the topic will be explored and analyzed. The purpose of this paper is to make the readers aware about the significance, prevalence, diagnosis and treatment plans for one of the most growing diseases known as female hypoactive sexual desire disorder.

Part One

Female Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

The first part of the paper would elaborate the epidemiology and diagnosis of the female hypoactive sexual desire disorder. The female hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) is usually witnessed in almost one third of the adult women of United States of America. The disease is basically assumed to be a mental illness in which the females usually lack the desire to become sexually active. Females tend to lack the sexual fantasies and an urge to get involved in sexual activities. The basic reason behind such attitude is assumed to be distress or any underlying interpersonal difficulties through which the females are going through.

In initial stages; females do not even realize that they are under some mental disorder.

The diagnosis of such diseases remain extremely difficult for the physicians mainly because they have to rule out a variety of factors before claiming that a female is going through a hypoactive sexual desire disorder. Usually, some stress or any other difficulties in life can also make females less desiring for sexual activities for some period of ...