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Target Audience:  This CME activity has been developed for primary care physicians, gynecologists, nurse practitioners, and psychiatrists.

Overview: The aim of this booklet is to explain the underlying pathophysiology of hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), to increase physician awareness, to facilitate patient-physician and physician-patient communication, and to present the treatment options available. Section 1 explains the female sexual response cycle and how sexual desire disorder has been classified in the various Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders volumes. Section 2 explains the neurobiology of female sexual dysfunction and the role of the brain in this disorder. Section 3 explains the reasons underlying the patient-physician miscommunication, and Section 4 provides tools to physicians to facilitate discussion and diagnosis of hypoactive sexual desire disorder. Section 5 introduces the general treatments, either approved or in clinical trials, for hypoactive sexual desire disorder.

Learning Objectives: After completing this activity, participants should be better able to:

• Identify various presentations of female sexual dysfunction and identify causalities in patients suffering from hypoactive sexual desire disorder so as to make informed diagnostic decisions   
• Recognize the neurobiology involved in female sexual health and fluently discuss these mechanisms with patients
• Comfortably communicate with patients about hypoactive sexual desire disorder and increase screening for sexual disorders in routine exams