性功能障碍的诊断与治疗 - 简史

现代性研究概要

自有史料记载以来，各种各样的性问题似乎一直烦扰着各学科的学者们。例如，古代和中世纪的医生研究了这些问题并且探索了各种各样的医学治疗措施。比较而言，性功能障碍也似乎在当代已经变得愈来愈严重和越来越普遍。在19和20世纪，性功能障碍通常是精神病医师治疗的病种，它的“治愈”率总是令人感到沮丧。今天，我们能够明白这种情形几乎也没有大的改观，因为涉及性功能发挥的生理过程仍旧了解不多。

只有像诸如罗伯特L.迪金森、恩斯特•格拉芬伯、阿尔弗雷德 C.金西、阿诺德 H.格基尔、马斯特斯和约翰逊这些科学家的详细而精确的研究，这种局面才大有改观，这些科学家的研究最终让性治疗师径直地逼近了对性功能障碍的治疗，而不是把它作为别的什么综合征而误入了歧途。

The Treatment of Sexual Dysfunctions - Introduction

Modern Sex Research

It seems that sexual problems of one kind or another have plagued many people in many societies since the dawn of history. We know, for example, that ancient and medieval physicians studied these problems and sought various medical remedies. However, it also seems that sexual dysfunctions have become more severe and widespread in modern times. In the 19th and 20th centuries, they were often treated by psychiatrists, and the rate of "cure" was not always encouraging. Today, we can see that this could hardly have been otherwise, since the physiological processes involved in sexual functioning were still poorly understood.

It was only the specific research of scientists like Robert L. Dickinson, Ernst Gräfenberg, Alfred C. Kinsey, Arnold H. Kegel, Masters and Johnson which finally allowed therapists to approach sexual dysfunctions directly, instead of treating them as symptoms of something else.