Psychiatria pre prax 2/2002

MONITORING OF SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS TREATED BY PSYCHOPHARMACEUTICS

The author describes the most commonly used questionnaires and scales found in foreign and home literature (CSFQ, ASEX, UKU, IIEF, SFM, SFŽ) and used for the monitoring of sexual functioning The ease of evaluation, the brevity of application and the capacity for identifying the severity of sexual dysfunction are the reasons why she recommends the ASEX scales to those physicians willing to monitor the quality of their patients’ sex life. The Czech translation of the scale is part of the paper.

Keywords: sexual dysfunction, ASEX, psychotropic medication.