Abstract
In this article, the authors provide a definition and discuss the diagnostic criteria for hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD). The article provides a discussion of the systemic etiological factors contributing to HSDD across several areas: individual psychological, individual biological, couple/dyadic factors, family-of-origin factors, and sociocultural factors. The authors also present an integrated treatment approach for this presenting problem based on the intersystems model. A case example is provided.
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1See CitationWeeks and Gambescia (2003) for treatment of infidelity.