Frequency of Sexual Dysfunction and Other Reproductive Side-effects in Patients with Schizophrenia Treated with Risperidone, Olanzapine, Quetiapine, or Haloperidol: The Results of the EIRE Study

Abstract
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One of the great therapeutic accomplishments of the second half of the 20th century was the establishment of legitimacy and efficacy in interventions exclusively targeting sexual difficulties. Despite the availability of empirically validated techniques…

The module has been in active use for the past 2 years at the Hollywood Mental Health Center’s Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program, the San Fernando Mental Health Center’s Wellness Program,…

Although few psychiatric rehabilitation programs have comprehensively addressed the friendship and intimacy needs of seriously mentally ill persons, the studies conducted to date have demonstrated the feasibility of their use and participants’ enthusiasm…

During the past two decades, a relatively small number of sexual education programs designed for mentally disabled persons have been described in the literature. They have almost exclusively focused on safe…

Despite a healthy interest in sex, many people with schizophrenia report a progressive deterioration of their sexual and sociosexual function beginning in young adulthood, closely paralleling the age of onset of…

Sexual functioning and its consequences should be a clinically important concern for practitioners and programs serving the needs of persons with schizophrenia. Unfortunately, sexuality is rarely on the radar screen of the vast majority…