Time (http://tinyurl.com/hypoactive-sexual-desire 11/17, Elton) reported that a “psychiatric condition known as hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), defined as a distressing lack of sexual desire, absent other medical conditions — has been notoriously difficult to pin down,” but “that doesn’t keep” pharmaceutical companies “from trying to develop a treatment, seduced by the prospect of a multibillion-dollar blockbuster.” Such efforts “have reignited a decade-long debate over the merit of the HSDD diagnosis — the most commonly diagnosed female sexual dysfunction — which some psychologists say is a made-up condition.” Nevertheless, some researchers theorize that “women with HSDD have low levels of testosterone” or at least do “not deny that there is a biological cause of low libido.”
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Debating Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder Diagnosis
Posted in Sexual Function, tagged female sexual dysfunction, HSDD, hypoactive sexual desire disorder, lack of sexual desire, low levels of testosterone, low libido on November 18, 2009| Leave a Comment »