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The Treatment of Sexual Dysfunctions
- Diagnosis |
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Sex History - Interviewing Technique |
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What
are the questions?
A sex history has to cover many areas in
order to be useful to both therapist and
client. At the very least, it should
include detailed information about the
following items:
Personal background
(sex, age, level of education,
employment, relationship with
parents, siblings and other
relatives, friends, marital status,
parenthood, religious commitment,
moral values, interests, hobbies,
sports activities, illnesses or
infirmities, medications taken,
alcohol and nicotine consumption
etc.)
Sex education
(which sexual information was
received when from whom and under
which circumstances?)
Masturbation, Fantasy and Dreams
(when what and how often?)
Sexual experiences with others
(when what with whom and how often?
Heterosexual and homosexual
experiences? Sex with close
relatives?)
Use of contraception
(if at all and what when?)
Marital history for each marriage
(sexual satisfaction in marriage)
Current partner
(since when? Plans for the future?
Sexual satisfaction in current
relationship)
Sex outside marriage
(with whom, when and how often?)
Group sex activity
(when and how often under what
circumstances?)
Prostitution
(paying or being paid? when, where,
why, and how often?)
Erotic responses
(how? to what? when?)
Sexual violence
(victim or/and perpetrator? How
often? When, where, who, under which
circumstances?
Sexual problems and dysfunctions
(Which when where with whom under
which circumstances?)
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