Mindfulness-Based Sex Therapy Improves Genital-Subjective Arousal Concordance in Women With Sexual Desire/Arousal Difficulties
In plain language, the main point is this: genital-subjective arousal concordance increased after four group mindfulness-based sex-therapy sessions; absence of a control group limits causal claims.
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79 women with sexual desire/arousal difficulties; mean age 40.8.
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Genital-subjective arousal concordance increased after four group mindfulness-based sex-therapy sessions; absence of a control group limits causal claims.
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Lori A. Brotto, Meredith L. Chivers, Roanne D. Millman, Arianne Albert (2016). Mindfulness-Based Sex Therapy Improves Genital-Subjective Arousal Concordance in Women With Sexual Desire/Arousal Difficulties. Archives of Sexual Behavior DOI: 10.1007/s10508-015-0689-8
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