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A Study of 65 Impotent Males

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

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

Sixty-five patients primarily referred for erectile impotence were investigated. Information was obtained from patients and their partners. The demographic data are compared with those from a non-impotent psychiatric out-patient group, matched for age. Results indicate that impotent cases do not form a homogeneous population and can be classified into three fairly distinct groups. These groups differ in age, marital status, sex drive, pre-marital and post-marital relationships, duration of illness, etc. Group 1 develop impotence because of anxiety in sexual situations, Group 2 react to the sexual response and personality of their partners, while Group 3 decline, perhaps from inherent constitutional causes. Factors such as religious restrictions, sexual taboos, alcoholism and homosexuality do not appear to be of any aetiological importance.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 127 , Issue 4 , October 1975 , pp. 337 - 341
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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