Edizioni FrancoAngeli - Last issue of RIVISTA DI SESSUOLOGIA CLINICA (2/2012)

Sex Offenders. Psychopathological Characteristics and Treatment

Mon, 15 Dec 2013 8:00:00 GMT

Giuseppe Craparo, Irene Petruccelli
In cases of sexual offences, the criminal sanction and the subsequent detention is no longer sufficient in order to fight the phenomenon and, in particular toreduce significantly the rate of repeat offences. Therefore, there is the need to develop models of diagnosis, risk evaluation and treatment for the prevention of repeat offences to be applied to the sex offenders already in the penitentiary sphere. In addition, reference is made to an extremely heterogeneous group of deviant individuals, characterized by the presence of obsessive-compulsive-impulsive biopsychological mechanisms, and high levels of psychopathy. The Authors, after the definition of the phenomenon, focus on the treatment phase within an integrated perspective, in which the sex offender should be supported with both pharmacological that psychological therapy.

Sexual Videostimulation and Cognitive Potentials: a Tool for the Diagnosis of Sexual Desire Disorder

Mon, 15 Dec 2013 8:00:00 GMT

Vania Rugiero, Lorys Castelli, Sergio Vighetti, Paola Perozzo, Ivan De Marco, Armando Balsamo, Piero Cantafio, Mariateresa Molo
Despite the modern tests in use for diagnose and assessent sexual disorders, there is no objective phychophysiological test to evaluate human sexual desire. Previous study suggest that the amplitude of auditory wave called P300 decreases during exposure to sexually explicit videos. Materials and methods: 20 healthy subjects and 20 subjects with sexual desire disorder were exposed to blocks of auditory stimuli administered using an odddball paradigm. Auditory P300 amplitudes were obtained while subjects were also exposed to videoclips with sex, sport and cartoons scenes. Results: auditory P300 amplitude and area significantly decreases when viewing clips of all contents. In healthy subjects the P300 decrease was maximal while viewing the sexual content (p < .001); subjects with sexual desire disorder, instesd, show a smaller decrease of area and amplitude of auditory P300 when viewing sexual videoclips. Conclusions: the change in auditory P300 amplitude during exposure to visual stimuli with sexual content seems to be a good measure of subject sexual interest. This method might be applied to assess therapeutic intervention and as a diagnostic tool for assessing male sexual desire disorder.

Traditional Families and Gay-Parenting Families: which are the Differences and Similarities?

Mon, 15 Dec 2013 8:00:00 GMT

Togliatti Marisa Malagoli, Rosa Di Benedetto, Edoardo Dima
During the past few years, family has gone through many changes in its composition and structure, so that you can’t longer speak of family in a traditional sense, but "families". Currently, in fact, family types, such as broken families, reconstituted and omogenitoriali families are widespread in several countries around the world. Following the life cycle phases, you will talk about choice of partner and pair formation, up to family unit formation in which partners, in addition to being spouses, also perform the role of parents. In this regard, it is called gayparenting and suitability of homosexual parents to accompany their children during growth in a proper way, showing where there were differences and similarities between heterosexual and homosexual couples.

Sex-Relational Satisfaction and Robot Assisted Radical Prostatectomy. Effectiveness Evaluation of a Psycho-Educational Intervention

Mon, 15 Dec 2013 8:00:00 GMT

Raffaella Balestrieri, Luca Barlascini, Gennaro Musi, Ottavio de Cobelli, Elena Vegni
Surgery approach by nerve sparing technique causes a minor damage in cavernous nerves without assuring erectile function. It has been observed that patients experience sexual disorder as a threat against their male identity. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a psycho-educational group intervention for patient treated by radical laparoscopic robot-assisted prostatectomy nerve sparing by considering two levels: sexual function and sexual satisfaction. The intervention consisted in 8 encounters. As a pre and post test questionnaires SESAMO and IIEF were used. This study enrolled 60 patients. SESAMO results showed a general decrease of sexual-relational difficulties reported before the intervention. IIEFQ results showed that the Desire scores in the psycho educational group, increases similarly as before surgery. Data showed a global effect on both socio-relational and sexual aspects.

Online Sexual Activities (Osa): New Boundaries and New Hazards of Internet Usage for Sexual Purposes

Mon, 15 Dec 2013 8:00:00 GMT

Stefano Eleuteri, Roberta Rossi, Francesca Tripodi, Chiara Simonelli
An increasing number of people use Internet for Online Sexual Activities (OSA) and this phenomenon is rapidly increasing. In the last years a strong double link has arisen between sexuality and this new medium: first, Internet gave a new significance to a varied number of sexual practices yet existing; secondly, sexuality helped to construct Internet usage to make it always more suitable for users’ need. This new sexual revolution has produced both positive and negative aspects, facilitating and enriching sexual functioning but also furnishing other opportunities for criminal, negative and harmful sexual conducts. A deeper understanding of Internet sexuality is so important for practitioners who work in the psychological and sexological fields. In this article the Authors try to offer the most possible complete overview of this phenomenon, describing its motivations and possible consequences.

Segnalazioni bibliografiche. Convegni

Mon, 15 Dec 2013 8:00:00 GMT