Sexual Problems: Assessment and Treatment

Code:

PDSH09

Acronym:

PSAT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2020/2021 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Programme in Human Sexuality

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PDSH	0	Plano de Estudos em vigor	1	-	6	28	162

Teaching language

Portuguese and english

Objectives

The course “Sexual Problems: Assessment and Treatment” aims at developing knowledge, skills and expertise related to sexual problems, namely male and female sexual dysfunctions, paraphilic disorders and gender dysphoria. Skills in diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment (namely psychological interventions) of different sexual problems will be developed.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should be able:

• To identify and characterize the different sexual disorders according to the main systems of classification and diagnosis (e.g. DSM, ICD)
• To know the main findings related to epidemiology, comorbidity and sociodemographic predictors of sexual disorders
• To know the major etiological factors and psychosocial conceptual models of sexual disorders
• To expand skills related to the assessment of sexual disorders
• To expand skills on evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions for sexual disorders

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

NA

Program

1. Classification and Diagnostic systems of sexual disorders (e.g. ICD, DSM)


2. Epidemiology, comorbidity and sociodemographic factors of sexual disorders


3. Etiologic factors and psychosocial models of sexual disorders


4. Male and female sexual dysfunctions: Assessment and treatment


5. Paraphilic disorders: Assessment and treatment


6. Gender dysphoria: Assessment and treatment

Mandatory literature

Bancroft, J. ; Human sexuality and its problems (3ª ed.). Edinburgh, Scotland: Churchill Livingstone., Churchill Livingstone., 2008
Binik & Hall (Eds); Principles and practice of sex therapy (5th Edition), Guilford Press., 2014
Hall, K., & Graham, C. (Eds); The Cultural Context of Sexual Pleasure and Problems: Psychotherapy with Diverse Clients., Routledge , 2013
Wincze, J. P., & Weisberg (Eds); Sexual dysfunction: A guide for assessment and treatment (3rd Ed), Guilford Press., 2014
Zoe Peterson (Ed.); Handbook of Sex Therapy, The Wiley-Blackwell, 2017
Nobre, P. J.; Disfunções Sexuais: Teoria, investigação e tratamento, Climepsi, 2006

Teaching methods and learning activities

• Expositive method, promoting the development of updated knowledge on the subject areas in study


• Clinical case studies' reading and discussion (diagnosis, assessment, and treatment)


• Role-plays for the development of assessment and intervention skills on sexuality disorders


• Research of bibliographic material using scientific databases (b-on, PsychInfo, EBSCO, Google Scholar, etc.)

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho escrito	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	4,00
Estudo autónomo	45,00
Frequência das aulas	28,00
Trabalho de investigação	45,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Type of assessment

Students will prepare an individual essay about the state of the art of assessment and treatment of a sexual problem (systematic review of the literature)

In order to be approved in this course, the students should:

1. Obtain a grade of 9,5 or superior

2. Complete all components of the evaluation

Calculation formula of final grade

FINAL GRADE = (written work*0,80 + participation in the classes*0,20)

Examinations or Special Assignments

NA

Internship work/project

NA

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

NA

Classification improvement

Students may improve the final grade during the appeal season (for that they should develop a new written work)

Observations

NA