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The impact of intensive trauma-focused treatment on sexual functioning in individuals with PTSD
BACKGROUND: Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often experience sexual disturbances. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether intensive trauma-focused treatment is associated with an improvement in sexual functioning (i.e., sexual satisfaction and sexual desire) in individuals with PTSD. M...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10442952/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37614489 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1191916 |
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author | van Woudenberg, Clair Voorendonk, Eline M. Tunissen, Bo van Beek, Vince H. F. Rozendael, Linda Van Minnen, Agnes De Jongh, Ad |
author_facet | van Woudenberg, Clair Voorendonk, Eline M. Tunissen, Bo van Beek, Vince H. F. Rozendael, Linda Van Minnen, Agnes De Jongh, Ad |
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description | BACKGROUND: Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often experience sexual disturbances. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether intensive trauma-focused treatment is associated with an improvement in sexual functioning (i.e., sexual satisfaction and sexual desire) in individuals with PTSD. METHOD: In total, 227 patients with PTSD (68.7% women, mean age = 40.97) participated in an intensive eight-day trauma-focused treatment program consisting of prolonged exposure, eye movement and desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, physical activity, and psychoeducation. Patients were assessed (i.e., Clinician Administered PTSD Scale and Sexual Functioning Questionnaire) pre- and post-treatment and at 6-months follow-up. RESULTS: Sexual satisfaction and sexual desire increased significantly associated with trauma-focused treatment from pre-treatment to 6-months follow-up, albeit the effect sizes were small (Cohen’s d = 0.39 and 0.17, respectively). Although men reported greater overall sexual desire than women, sexual functioning improved after treatment in both men and women. Furthermore, those with remission of PTSD reported greater sexual functioning post-treatment and at 6-months follow-up, than those without remission. However, changes in PTSD symptoms associated with treatment were not predictive of the level of sexual satisfaction or sexual desire 6 months after treatment. CONCLUSION: The results of this uncontrolled study suggest that intensive treatment for PTSD can have beneficial effects on sexual satisfaction and desire in both men and women; however, this may not necessarily be due to a decrease in PTSD symptoms. |
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spelling | pubmed-104429522023-08-23 The impact of intensive trauma-focused treatment on sexual functioning in individuals with PTSD van Woudenberg, Clair Voorendonk, Eline M. Tunissen, Bo van Beek, Vince H. F. Rozendael, Linda Van Minnen, Agnes De Jongh, Ad Front Psychol Psychology BACKGROUND: Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often experience sexual disturbances. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether intensive trauma-focused treatment is associated with an improvement in sexual functioning (i.e., sexual satisfaction and sexual desire) in individuals with PTSD. METHOD: In total, 227 patients with PTSD (68.7% women, mean age = 40.97) participated in an intensive eight-day trauma-focused treatment program consisting of prolonged exposure, eye movement and desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, physical activity, and psychoeducation. Patients were assessed (i.e., Clinician Administered PTSD Scale and Sexual Functioning Questionnaire) pre- and post-treatment and at 6-months follow-up. RESULTS: Sexual satisfaction and sexual desire increased significantly associated with trauma-focused treatment from pre-treatment to 6-months follow-up, albeit the effect sizes were small (Cohen’s d = 0.39 and 0.17, respectively). Although men reported greater overall sexual desire than women, sexual functioning improved after treatment in both men and women. Furthermore, those with remission of PTSD reported greater sexual functioning post-treatment and at 6-months follow-up, than those without remission. However, changes in PTSD symptoms associated with treatment were not predictive of the level of sexual satisfaction or sexual desire 6 months after treatment. CONCLUSION: The results of this uncontrolled study suggest that intensive treatment for PTSD can have beneficial effects on sexual satisfaction and desire in both men and women; however, this may not necessarily be due to a decrease in PTSD symptoms. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10442952/ /pubmed/37614489 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1191916 Text en Copyright © 2023 van Woudenberg, Voorendonk, Tunissen, van Beek, Rozendael, Van Minnen and De Jongh. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology van Woudenberg, Clair Voorendonk, Eline M. Tunissen, Bo van Beek, Vince H. F. Rozendael, Linda Van Minnen, Agnes De Jongh, Ad The impact of intensive trauma-focused treatment on sexual functioning in individuals with PTSD |
title | The impact of intensive trauma-focused treatment on sexual functioning in individuals with PTSD |
title_full | The impact of intensive trauma-focused treatment on sexual functioning in individuals with PTSD |
title_fullStr | The impact of intensive trauma-focused treatment on sexual functioning in individuals with PTSD |
title_full_unstemmed | The impact of intensive trauma-focused treatment on sexual functioning in individuals with PTSD |
title_short | The impact of intensive trauma-focused treatment on sexual functioning in individuals with PTSD |
title_sort | impact of intensive trauma-focused treatment on sexual functioning in individuals with ptsd |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10442952/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37614489 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1191916 |
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