Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Women: Physiology, Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment.
Jessica A Pettigrew, Andrew M Novick
PMID 34510696WHAT IT FOUND
Distressing low sexual desire in women can be screened with normalizing questions and validated tools, then assessed for medical, psychological, and relationship contributors before education, therapy, medication, or referral.
Key findings
01The review recommends beginning sexual health conversations with a normalizing statement and a tailored question.
02The Female Sexual Function Index and the Decreased Sexual Desire Screener are named as tools for assessing sexual function and desire.
03Education and counseling are described as first-line treatment, with therapy and prescription medication options considered.
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This is a narrative review, not a systematic review or original study. It does not report new methods, participants, outcomes, or comparative effectiveness data. Treatment statements summarize cited literature and expert recommendations rather than testing interventions in this paper. The review does not specify how to choose among treatment options for an individual patient.
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Do not read this review as evidence that a specific treatment works for your patient. It summarizes published guidance and cited studies, but it does not report original methods, results, or comparative effectiveness.