The Treatment of Sexual Dysfunctions - Diagnosis

Physical Examination

Sexual dysfunctions can have a variety of causes, and it is impossible to say whether physical or psychosocial causes play a greater role. Physicians tend to overestimate the role of purely physical causes, while psychotherapists overestimate the importance of psychosocial causes. Very often, both kinds of causes contribute to the problem. In any case, it is always prudent - and easier - to deal with the possible physical causes first.