Sexual Aversion Disorder

Individuals with this sexual dysfunction disorder experience absent or markedly diminished sexual appetite separate from any other mental disorder.

Diagnostic criteria for 302.79 Sexual Aversion Disorder

A. Persistent or recurrent extreme aversion to, and avoidance of, all (or almost all) genital sexual contact with a sexual partner. 

B. The disturbance causes marked distress or interpersonal difficulty. 

C. The sexual dysfunction is not better accounted for by another Axis I disorder (except another Sexual Dysfunction). 

Specify type: 

Lifelong Type 
Acquired Type 

Specify type: 

Generalized Type 
Situational Type 

Specify

Due to Psychological Factors 
Due to Combined Factors

Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. Copyright 2000 American Psychiatric Association

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