“Throwing the baby out with the bathwater”: the demise of vaginismus in favor of genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder
ED Reissing, C Borg, SK Spoelstra… - Archives of sexual …, 2014 - Springer
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Over the past 15years, there has been ongoing debate about whether vaginismus can be
differentiated from dyspareunia categorically, dimensionally, or not at all (Reissing, Binik, &
Khalifé, 1999). Despite the fact that the debate on diagnostic distinction continues, a
significant change was made in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
differentiated from dyspareunia categorically, dimensionally, or not at all (Reissing, Binik, &
Khalifé, 1999). Despite the fact that the debate on diagnostic distinction continues, a
significant change was made in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
Over the past 15years, there has been ongoing debate about whether vaginismus can be differentiated from dyspareunia categorically, dimensionally, or not at all (Reissing, Binik, & Khalifé, 1999). Despite the fact that the debate on diagnostic distinction continues, a significant change was made in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
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