Abstract
The aim of the study was to describe the professional group of individuals working as sexologists in Denmark and to describe their training and professional activity. The study was performed as part of a European survey on sexology as a profession. Questionnaires were mailed to members of the Danish Association for Clinical Sexology (DACS) and other sexologists identified from the "yellow pages" of the Danish telephone directory. 215 questionnaires were mailed overall and 129 were returned. Of these 48% were physicians and 19% were psychologists. 42% were men. The mean age was 53.4 years (S.D. 7.6). Three-quarter of the respondents were living with a partner, and 90% had children. Most worked part time in sexology, only 11% nearly full time. The majority had personal experience of supervision and personal psychotherapy. The most frequently presented problems in the physicians practice were emotional and relational problems and erectile dysfunction for men, and emotional and relational problems and low desire for women. The non-physicians treated fewer males with erectile dysfunction, fewer females with dyspareunia but more victims of sexual abuse. More than half of the non-physicians considered that the etiologies of sexual disorders were predominantly psychologically grounded in both genders, whereas less than 25% of the physicians shared this opinion. Most Danish sexologists including physicians have some training in psychotherapy and sexology. There are some differences between the patient groups treated by physicians and non-physicians.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Sexologies: revue europeenne de sante sexuelle - european journal of sexual health |
| Volume | 15 |
| Pages (from-to) | 44-49 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISSN | 1158-1360 |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |