Gay psychosis

ACA Advocacy update: • Conversion therapy is a dangerous and discredited practice • Psychotherapy is more than simply ‘talking’ — it is a medical treatment and therefore can be regulated by states • Conversion therapy can fuel stigma and discrimination toward the LGBTQ+ community

In light of recent oral arguments at the Supreme Court in the Chiles v.

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38. Secondly, extensive data suggests that impairments in social life occurring in psychosis may also be explained by a dysfunctional oxytocinergic system, a key modulator of emotional, sexual, and social processes (73, 74).

For many of us, it’s a time of pride and celebration. Ajnakina O, Trotta A, Oakley-Hannibal E, Di Forti M, Stilo SA, Kolliakou A, et al. As ECS has shown to be impaired in individuals with psychotic disorders, including those at the early stages of the illness without antipsychotic treatment (78), we might also hypothesize that altered levels of endocannabinoids might be another important etiology of sexual dysfunctions in psychosis.

From a brain network-based perspective, an altered mesocortical pathway may also be responsible for an impaired sexual drive in psychosis.

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23. Although patients in the drug groups reported a higher prevalence of sexual dysfunctions (without any difference between olanzapine and risperidone) compared to controls, no relationship between medication, hormones, frequency of sexual activity, and overall sexual satisfaction was found.

Discussion and Conclusions

When a physical, psychic, social, or relational problem arises, sexuality is almost always involved in its dysfunctional declination.

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Sexuality can easily fit inside a delusional, erotomaniac, or persecutory frame (11). Plast Reconstr Surg. (2011) 128:305–10. Figure 1 represents the flowchart showing further details on the literature search and the selection of articles included in this literature review.