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Impotence: Prognosis (A Controlled Study)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. M. A. Ansari
J. M. A. Ansari*
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool, 6 Abercromby Square, Liverpool, L69 3BX
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Summary

Sixty-five patients primarily referred for erectile impotence were investigated and treated in a psychiatric out-patient department. Information was obtained from patients and wherever possible from their partners. Subjects were treated either with chemotherapy or with a modified form of Masters and Johnson's technique. A controlled group were not given any specific treatment. Results indicated that neither chemotherapy or behaviour modification (modified Masters and Johnson's technique) were in any way superior to no treatment. The prognosis was related to the clinical features of the subjects rather than to the form of treatment. Subjects in whom impotence was caused by a specific psychological or physical trauma showed a much better prognosis than those who had an insidious decline in sexual potency without any discernible psychological or physical factors. The decline in these latter subjects with a very poor prognosis was possibly due to inherent physiological factors.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 128 , Issue 2 , February 1976 , pp. 194 - 198
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1976 

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