A client who has a sexual disorder mentions to the nurse, "I don't know why I bother looking for help
They don't know much about sex problems, so I'll just be a guinea pig." Which statement best describes the evolution of research on sexuality and should serve as the basis for the nurse's re-sponse?
1. Kaplan was instrumental in identifying the need for psychoanalysis in treating sexual dysfunction.
2. Sigmund Freud, a sexologist, based his work on scientific data from studying human sexual behavior.
3. Masters and Johnson were the first persons to explore the area of sexual dysfunc-tion.
4. Increased knowledge about sexual dysfunction has been available since the late 1960s.
ANS: 4
Since the 1960s, there has been considerable research concerning the subject of sexuality and sexual dysfunction. 1. Kaplan identified the need for using behavioral techniques in treating sexual disorders. 2. Freud did not base his work on scientific data. 3. Freud, Newton, and Ellis preceded Masters and Johnson in studying sexual dysfunction.
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