Antidepressants and psychosexual dysfunction: Part 2 – Treatment

by Dr Ursula Werneke

Once a diagnosis of antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction is made and relevant alternative explanations are excluded, the challenge of treatment begins. In the first module, Antidepessants and Psychosexual Dysfunction: Part 1, we looked at the diagnosis of sexual dysfunction associated with antidepressant treatment.

 

When antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction has been established and recognised as an important aspect of a patient’s well-being, failure to treat may lead to non-compliance and loss of faith in the psychiatrist.

 

Nonetheless, psychiatrists may simply find themselves out of their depth or be reluctant to change proven treatment regimes for the sake of a side effect. They may also be under time constraints or doubtful about straining further already stretched budgets. However, a systematic, well thought-through approach to treatment may be surprisingly resource-efficient.

 

The aim of this module is to familiarise all clinicians who prescribe antidepressants with a systematic approach towards the treatment of sexual dysfunction associated with antidepressant treatment.

 

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If you like this module, you may also be interested in:

 

Antidepressants and psychosexual function: Part 1 – Diagnosis by Dr Ursula Werneke

 

The pharmacological treatment of resistant depression – an overview by Professor Philip J Cowen

 

 

 

 

 

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