Sexual dysfunction among males and females with bipolar disorder and healthy subjects: The burden of illness severity

Objectives Sexual dysfunction has wide‐ranging impacts on the person's functioning and quality of life, being associated with higher severity of psychiatric illnesses and poor therapeutic response. Given the paucity of data on this topic in bipolar disorder (BD), we investigated sexual function...

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Published in:Bipolar disorders 2022-09, Vol.24 (6), p.637-646
Main Authors: Dargél, Aroldo A., Mosconi, Elise, Volant, Stevenn, Taieb, David, Brenot, Philippe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arousal
Bipolar disorder
healthy controls
illness severity
libido
Life Sciences
Mood
orgasm
Patients
Quality of life
sexual arousal
sexual dysfunction
sexual functioning
sexual pleasure
subthreshold mood symptoms
Suicide
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Summary:Objectives Sexual dysfunction has wide‐ranging impacts on the person's functioning and quality of life, being associated with higher severity of psychiatric illnesses and poor therapeutic response. Given the paucity of data on this topic in bipolar disorder (BD), we investigated sexual functioning among males and females with BD and healthy controls (HCs) as well as whether illness severity markers and subthreshold mood symptoms were associated with sexual dysfunctions in BD patients. Methods The study included 80 BD outpatients and 70 HCs. Sexual functioning was evaluated using the validated, gender‐specific Changes in Sexual Functioning Questionnaire (CSFQ‐14). Results BD patients had a significantly poorer sexual functioning than HCs (p 
ISSN:1398-5647
1399-5618
DOI:10.1111/bdi.13249