MFT-6713: Techniques for Treating Sexual Functioning and Behavior in MFT

Maru, R. K., Jadhav, B. S., Shah, B. R., & Dhavale, H. S. (2019). A study to assess sexual dysfunction in patients with major depressive disorder. Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences, 10(1), 26–31.
This quantitative research looks at the types of sexual dysfunction and how often it occurs in comorbidity with Major Depressive Disorder.

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental health disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: Author.
There is no specific section to review this week, but look through the sexual dysfunctions section and notice that within each diagnosis it talks about medication side effects.

Hertlein, K. M., Weeks, G. R., & Gambescia, N. (2015). Systemic sex therapy (2nd ed.). Routledge.
Read Chapters 1 and 2. These chapters will give you a sense of where sex therapy is now and what the ethical concerns are when working with a client using sex therapy.

Hertlein, K. M., Weeks, G. R., & Gambescia, N. (2015). Systemic sex therapy (2nd ed.). Routledge.
Read Chapter 14.
This chapter outlines how each mental health illness may affect sexual health.