Am J Psychiatry 1975; 132:177-179
Copyright © 1975 by American Psychiatric Association
Difficulties in brief conjoint treatment of sexual dysfunction
MR Lansky and AE Davenport
The authors offered conjoint treatment of sexual dysfunction to an
unselected population in a military hospital for one year. Of the 10
couples who requested treatment, 7 were treated by techniques outlined by
Masters and Johnson. The couples who completed the treatment exercises
improved, and neurotic interactions, presumably resulting from the
symptoms, often disappeared. The couples who avoided the exercises had
interactional patterns dominated by projection and blame, sadomasochism,
and depressive features; typically their marital difficulties were
aggravated by the treatment.
