Conference paper

PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY OF DEPRESSION AND SEXUAL DISORDERS

Giuseppe Stranieri Stranieri ; Centro di Salute Mentale Catanzaro Lido – Italy

Abstract

Sexual dysfunctions as side effects of antidepressant treatments are being reported more and more frequently: they are one of the
main reasons of dropout from therapy.
These side effects are reported in between 20% and 40% of cases.
The aim of this study is to highlight, following the actual evidence from the field of psychopharmacology, how these side effects
may not be directly related to the antidepressant treatment; on the contrary we show that, following the observational clinical data
obtained in our Mental Health Dept., a careful clinical interview about the sexual behaviour of the patients allows psychotherapy to
interact with pharmacotherapy, in order to reduce the drug dosage, or replace it with another drug, and/or to combine an erectile
dysfunction treatment with the psychopharmacological therapy.
This careful clinical interview about the sexual behavior of the patients will more clearly determine the percentages of sexual
dysfunction side effects, and also avoid drop-out from antidepressant therapy.

Keywords

sexual dysfunction; depression; antidepressants; psychopharmacology; clinical interview

Hrčak ID:

262378

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/262378

Publication date:

14.9.2010.

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