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Sexual desire and emotional reactivity in chronically hospitalized Lebanese patients with schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Kazour Francois,
Obeid Sahar,
Hallit Souheil
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.12455
Subject(s) - orgasm , sexual arousal , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , clinical psychology , pleasure , sexual desire , arousal , reactivity (psychology) , human sexuality , cognition , psychiatry , sexual dysfunction , medicine , sexual behavior , psychotherapist , gender studies , alternative medicine , pathology , neuroscience , sociology
Purpose To study the level of emotional reactivity of Lebanese patients with schizophrenia who have a high level of sexual desire. Design/Methods It is a cross‐sectional study, enrolling 30 men and 30 women, between April and June 2017. The sexual behavior questionnaire (SBQ) was used to explore the desire, sexual arousal, orgasm, ejaculation, pleasure, and satisfaction with sexuality. Findings A significantly higher mean emotional score, higher cognitive functioning score, higher motivation score, higher motor deficit score, higher sensory perception score, higher SBQ score, and higher emotional reactivity were found in patients who masturbate compared with those who did not. Practice Implications All these improvements in patients who masturbate might be associated with better social relations, which might improve patient integration in society. Key pointsSustained sexual activity of patients with schizophrenia is associated with improved emotional and cognitive functioning. The same applies to higher levels of motivation, motor skills, and sensoriality. Sustained sexual activity of patients who have schizophrenia would indicate a better prognosis of schizophrenia.