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Talpin, J.-M.
The unseemly old lady. Ideals and ageing [La vieille dame indigne. Idéaux et vieillissement]
(2011)Cahiers de Psychologie Clinique,36(1),pp.129-150.
Université Lumière-Lyon 2, Centre de Recherche en Psychologie, Psychopathologie Clinique, 33 avenue Eugène, Gilbert 03200 Vichy, France
Abstract
Old age is represented and idealized in different ways, often as the loss of sexual desire. Using a clinical case and a literary one, the figure of the "Unseemly Old Lady" (B. Brecht) will be examined. The figure will be examined firstly as an affirmation of the self in the process of ageing, after widowhood, and, secondly, as a late manifestation of aggressivity toward the children. Finally the figure will be examined particularly with reference to the feminine in old age and its idealization.
Author Keywords
Aggressivity; Idealization; Old age; Shame; The self
Correspondence Address
Talpin J.-M.; Université Lumière-Lyon 2, Centre de Recherche en Psychologie, Psychopathologie Clinique, 33 avenue Eugène, Gilbert 03200 Vichy, France; email:
ISSN: 1370074X
DOI: 10.3917/cpc.036.0129
Language of Original Document: French
Abbreviated Source Title: Cah. Psychol. Clin.
Document Type: Article
Source: Scopus
Bar-Chama, N., Snyder, S., Aledort, L.
Sexual evaluation and treatment of ageing males with haemophilia
Haemophilia,.Article in Press.
aDepartment of Urology, New York, NY, United States
bDepartment of Psychiatry, New York, NY, United States
cDepartment of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
Abstract
Sexual dysfunction is common in ageing men and may be exacerbated by the special medical issues and psychological problems associated with haemophilia. Sexual healthcare for men with haemophilia (MWH) requires a background understanding of common patterns of sexual function and dysfunction in the ageing male, expectable sexual complications of haemophilia and related comorbidities, and of sexually related psychological issues. Healthcare providers who treat MWH must be able to elicit a sexual history sufficient to differentiate problems involving a loss of sexual desire from ejaculatory difficulties and erectile dysfunction (ED). Other necessary skills include evaluating patients with ED for treatable causes, distinguishing organic from psychogenic ED, using phosphodieterase-5 inhibitors as first-line treatment for ED, and referring to specialized sexual urology and mental health professionals when appropriate. © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Author Keywords
Ageing; Erectile dysfunction; Haemophilia; Sexual dysfunction; Sexuality
Correspondence Address
Bar-Chama N.; Department of Urology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1272, One Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY 10029-6574, United States; email:
ISSN: 13518216
CODEN: HAEMF
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2011.02507.x
Language of Original Document: English
Abbreviated Source Title: Haemophilia
Document Type: Article in Press
Source: Scopus
Wang, X., Ho, S.Y.
"Female virginity complex" untied: Young Chinese women's experience of virginity loss and sexual coercion
(2011)Smith College Studies in Social Work,81(2-3),pp.184-200.
aBeijing Normal University, School of Social Policy and Public Policy, New Main Bldg., No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100875, China
bUniversity of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract
This article selects the critical moment of virginity loss in young Beijing women's lives to look at the meaning of sexual coercion in dating relationships. The authors observed that many young Chinese women presented their first experience of sex as containing some elements of sexual coercion that were being described as "minor," do not involve obvious physical force, but are unpleasant and regretful experiences of virginity loss. This article contributes to a new understanding of virginity loss and sexual coercion in China and sheds light on the social transformation of sexuality from the Maoist era to the postsocialist era. Implications for social work practice and research in China are also discussed. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Author Keywords
Chinese; Date rape; Dating violence; Sexual coercion; Virginity loss
Correspondence Address
Wang X.; Beijing Normal University, School of Social Policy and Public Policy, New Main Bldg., No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100875, China; email:
ISSN: 00377317
DOI: 10.1080/00377317.2011.589336
Language of Original Document: English
Abbreviated Source Title: Smith Coll. Stud. Soc. Work
Document Type: Article
Source: Scopus
Rychetnik, L., Madronio, C.M.
The health and social effects of drinking water-based infusions of kava: A review of the evidence
(2011)Drug and Alcohol Review,30(1),pp.74-83.
School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Abstract
Issues. To review the evidence on the health and social effects of drinking kava; a water-based infusion of the roots of the kava plant. Approach. Included all empirical studies of the effects of kava published 1987-2008 reporting health and social outcomes. Evidence appraised on study design (level of evidence) and standard epidemiological criteria for causality. Key Findings. Causality indicated: scaly skin rash, weight loss, raised Gamma Glutamyl Transpeptidase liver enzyme levels, nausea, loss of appetite or indigestion; Association indicated but causality unclear: red sore eyes, impotence or loss of sexual drive, self-reported poor health, raised cholesterol, and loss of time and money, low motivation and 'slow/lazy' days following use, reduced alcohol consumption and related violence; Association hypothesised: fits or seizures, Melioidosis, Ischaemic Heart Disease, protective effects for cancer; No association indicated: cognitive performance; No association suggested: cognitive impairment, liver toxicity or permanent liver damage, other pneumonia; No association hypothesised: hallucinations. Implications. The health and social implications of chronic kava drinking can be significant for individuals and communities, although most effects of even heavy consumption appear to be reversible when consumption is stopped. Conclusion. An Australia-wide ban on commercial importation of kava has been in place since mid-2007, but there is no published literature to date on the impact of the ban. © 2010 Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs.
Author Keywords
Evidence; Health effect; Kava; Review; Social effect
Index Keywords
anxiolytic agent,gamma glutamyltransferase,kava,plant extract,water; Australia,behavior,drug effect,enzymology,health,human,liver,male,metabolism,neoplasm,review; Anti-Anxiety Agents,Australia,Behavior,gamma-Glutamyltransferase,Health,Humans,Kava,Liver,Male,Neoplasms,Plant Extracts,Water
Chemicals/CAS
gamma glutamyltransferase, 85876-02-4; water, 7732-18-5; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Plant Extracts; Water, 7732-18-5; gamma-Glutamyltransferase, 2.3.2.2
Correspondence Address
Rychetnik L.; School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Medical Foundation Building K25, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; email:
ISSN: 09595236
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00184.x
PubMed ID: 21219501
Language of Original Document: English
Abbreviated Source Title: Drug Alcohol Rev.
Document Type: Review
Source: Scopus
Kershaw, T.S., Arnold, A., Lewis, J.B., Magriples, U., Ickovics, J.R.
The Skinny on Sexual Risk: The Effects of BMI on STI Incidence and Risk
(2010)AIDS and Behavior,pp.1-12.Article in Press.
aSchool of Public Health, and Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, 60 College St, New Haven, 06510, United States
bSchool of Medicine, Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, United States
Abstract
Few studies examine the influence of body mass index (BMI) on sexual risk. The purpose of this study was to determine whether BMI among 704 young mothers (ages 14-25) related to STI incidence and sexual risk. We examined the effect of BMI groups (normal weight, overweight, and obese) at 6months postpartum on STI incidence and risky sex (e.g., unprotected sex, multiple partners, risky and casual partner) at 12 months postpartum. At 6months postpartum, 31% of participants were overweight and 40% were obese. Overweight women were more likely to have an STI (OR=1.79, 95% CI=1.11-2.89, P.05) and a risky partner (OR=1.64, 95% CI=1.01-2.08, P.05) at 12 months postpartum compared to normal weight women. However, obese women were less likely to have an STI than normal weight women (OR=.57, 95% CI=.34-.96, P.01). BMI related to STI incidence and sexual risk behavior. Integrated approaches to weight loss and sexual risk prevention should be explored. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Author Keywords
BMI; Sexual risk
Correspondence Address
Kershaw T.S.; School of Public Health, and Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, 60 College St, New Haven, 06510, CT, United States; email:
ISSN: 10907165
CODEN: AIBEF
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9842-5
Language of Original Document: English
Abbreviated Source Title: AIDS Behav.
Document Type: Article in Press
Source: Scopus
Sims, K.E., Meana, M.
Why did passion wane? A qualitative study of married women's attributions for declines in sexual desire
(2010)Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy,36(4),pp.360-380.Cited3times.
Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, United States
Abstract
The high prevalence of sexual desire complaints in women have led a number of researchers and theorists to argue for a reconceptualization of female sexual desire that deemphasizes the drive model and places more focus on relational factors. Lacking in this effort has been a critical mass of qualitative research that asks women to report on their causal attributions for low desire. In this study, the authors conducted open-ended interviews with 19 married women who had lost desire in their marriage and asked what causal attributions they made for their loss of sexual desire and what barriers they perceived to be blocking its reinstatement. Three core themes emerged from the data, all of which represented forces dragging down on sexual desire in the present sample: (a) institutionalization of the relationship, (b) over-familiarity, and (c) the de-sexualization of roles in these relationships. Interpersonal and intrapersonal sexual dynamics featured more prominently than did relationship problems in women's attributions. The authors discuss the results in terms of clinical implications in the psychosocial component of treatment for hypoactive sexual desire disorder. © 2010 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Index Keywords
adult,article,attitude to health,daily life activity,female,human,human relation,libido,literature,marriage,psychological aspect,psychosexual disorder,questionnaire,satisfaction,sexuality,United States; Activities of Daily Living,Adult,Anecdotes as Topic,Female,Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,Humans,Interpersonal Relations,Libido,Marriage,Personal Satisfaction,Questionnaires,Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological,Sexual Partners,United States
Correspondence Address
Meana M.; Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, United States; email:
ISSN: 0092623X
CODEN: JSMTB
DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2010.498727
PubMed ID: 20574890
Language of Original Document: English
Abbreviated Source Title: J. Sex Marital Ther.
Document Type: Article
Source: Scopus
Valença, C.N., do Nascimento Filho, J.M., Germano, R.M.
Women in the climacteric: Reflections on sexual desire, beauty and femininity [Mulher no Climatério: Reflexões sobre desejo sexual, beleza e feminilidade]
(2010)Saude e Sociedade,19(2),pp.273-285.
aUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Av. Ayrton Senna, s/n. Cond. Ser. V, bl. 08, Nova Par, CEP 59151-905, Parnamirim, RN, Brazil
bUFRN, Rua Valter Fernandes, 3555, Capim Macio, CEP 59082-090, Natal, RN, Brazil
cDepartamento de Enfermagem da UFRN, Rua João Vilar da Cunha, 2542, Lagoa Nova, CEP 59077-070, Natal, RN, Brazil
Abstract
The climacteric is a long period of a woman's life, characterized by metabolic and hormonal alterations that bring changes involving the psychosocial context. Having as reference the sexuality alterations experienced in the climacteric, this literature review aims to reflect on women's sexual desire, beauty and femininity in this phase. The methodology involved a bibliographic study of papers and books published between 1999 and 2009. The exaggerated need of eternal beauty and youth is aggravated in the climacteric, when the female body does not have the same physical vigor due to alterations deriving from aging. The climacteric woman lives the myth of loss of sexual desire; however, she continues to feel pleasure and must not stop manifesting love and sexuality. The stereotyped social view about the woman's role (wife and mother) can interfere negatively in women's view of themselves and in their relationship with people and the world. Therefore, it is essential that women have access to health information to understand the changes of the climacteric/menopause period, viewing and re-signifying this phase as part of their life cycles and not as synonymous with old age, non-productivity and end of sexuality.
Author Keywords
Climacteric; Menopause; Sexuality; Women's health
Correspondence Address
Valenca C. N.; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Av. Ayrton Senna, s/n. Cond. Ser. V, bl. 08, Nova Par., CEP 59151-905, Parnamirim, RN, Brazil; email:
ISSN: 01041290
Language of Original Document: Portuguese
Abbreviated Source Title: Saude e Sociedade
Document Type: Review
Source: Scopus
Katz-Bearnot, S.
Menopause, depression, and loss of sexual desire: A psychodynamic contribution
(2010)Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry,38(1),pp.99-116.
aColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Faculty, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, United States
b263 West End Avenue, 1F, New York, NY 10023, United States
Abstract
Menopause is a phase of life during which physiological and psychological symptoms may occur. Most women traverse the menopausal transition without significant morbidity. The descriptive literature on menopause indicates that the nature of psychological and physical morbidity is a function of a variety of bio-psychosocial influences. There are distinct subgroups of women who are more likely to become symptomatic during this phase. Rosemary Basson has reconceptualized the female sexual response cycle. Her model allows the clinician to better understand and treat the reciprocal, interacting influences of depression, menopausal changes, and decreases in sexual desire on sexual functioning. Psychodynamic theories about menopause have moved away from the early models which predicted a universally negative experience. It is now believed that past psychological and medical problems, trauma, and the quality of interpersonal relationships are important predictors for the development of symptoms. Psychodynamic psychotherapy, in conjunction with psychoeducation, pharmacotherapy and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may all be helpful in the treatment of symptoms. © 2010 The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry.
Index Keywords
adult,aged,aging,article,case report,depression,female,human,menopause,middle aged,prevalence,psychological aspect,psychological theory,psychosexual disorder,psychotherapy,sexual behavior; Adult,Aged,Aged, 80 and over,Aging,Depressive Disorder,Female,Humans,Menopause,Middle Aged,Prevalence,Psychological Theory,Psychotherapy,Sexual Behavior,Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological
Correspondence Address
Katz-Bearnot S.; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Faculty, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and ResearchUnited States; email:
ISSN: 15460371
DOI: 10.1521/jaap.2010.38.1.99
PubMed ID: 20297892
Language of Original Document: English
Abbreviated Source Title: J. Am. Acad. Psychoanal. Dyn. Psychiatry
Document Type: Article
Source: Scopus