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DSM-IV: Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

Individuals with this Sexual Dysfunction disorder experience absent or markedly diminished sexual appetite separate from any other mental disorder.

Diagnostic criteria for 302.71 Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

A. Persistently or recurrently deficient (or absent) sexual fantasies and desire for sexual activity. The judgment of deficiency or absence is made by the clinician, taking into account factors that affect sexual functioning, such as age and the context of the person's life.

B. The disturbance causes marked distress or interpersonal difficulty.

C. The sexual dysfunction is not better accounted for by another Axis I disorder (except another Sexual Dysfunction) and is not due exclusively to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g. a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition.

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Lifelong Type
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Due to Psychological Factors
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Based on the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition APA

Also: frigidity, frigid

The online Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders lists most of the major psychological disorders and illnesses and lists the criteria that must be fulfilled in order for a diagnosis to be made. This resource is not a substitute for proper professional psychiatric diagnosis.