For individuals with a psychotic disorder, dating can present several challenges and lead
many to be excluded from intimate relationships. These difficulties may stem from a number …

Women with schizophrenia experience low rates of sexual satisfaction and high rates of
sexual dysfunction. They are at high risk for adverse sexual health outcomes including …

Although women with serious mental illness have high rates of lifetime sexual partners, they
infrequently use contraception. Consequently, the prevalence of sexually transmitted …

Aims and objectives To determine what problems female psychiatric patients have in terms
of reproductive health. Background The reproductive health problems faced by female …

Objective: Psychiatric disorders are important factors which affect the quality of life:
employment rates, interpersonal and intrafamilial communications, marriage, child-bearing …

BackgroundInduced abortion is an indicator of access to, and quality of reproductive
healthcare, but rates are relatively unknown in women with schizophrenia. AimsWe …

Background: A substantial number of women become pregnant unintentionally, and
unintended, but continued pregnancies can cause immense stress, particularly in cases …

Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is understudied and unexplored in clinical practice. There
is a need for psychiatrists to acknowledge the same and explore this symptom in patients …

Background: Despite the acknowledged benefits accruable to the mentally ill from the use of
contraceptives, research and dedicated reproductive health services for this group of people …

Background This scoping review aimed to understand the extent and type of evidence in
relation to sexual and reproductive health needs of women with severe mental illness (SMI) …