Coping with sexual difficulties: the lived experience of women taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medication

This study used Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis to explore women’s experiences of coping with the sexual side effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Coping strategies included searching; suffering in silence; trying to resolve; and accepting what is. The findings emphasis...

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Main Author: O'Mullan, Catherine
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1270
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description This study used Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis to explore women’s experiences of coping with the sexual side effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Coping strategies included searching; suffering in silence; trying to resolve; and accepting what is. The findings emphasise the need to recognise and address psychological, social and cultural factors which may influence how women cope with sexual side effects, and underline the need for a multidisciplinary management approach that moves beyond biomedical interventions.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-12702017-02-20T06:39:40Z Coping with sexual difficulties: the lived experience of women taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medication O'Mullan, Catherine This study used Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis to explore women’s experiences of coping with the sexual side effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Coping strategies included searching; suffering in silence; trying to resolve; and accepting what is. The findings emphasise the need to recognise and address psychological, social and cultural factors which may influence how women cope with sexual side effects, and underline the need for a multidisciplinary management approach that moves beyond biomedical interventions. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1270 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle O'Mullan, Catherine
Coping with sexual difficulties: the lived experience of women taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medication
title Coping with sexual difficulties: the lived experience of women taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medication
title_full Coping with sexual difficulties: the lived experience of women taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medication
title_fullStr Coping with sexual difficulties: the lived experience of women taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medication
title_full_unstemmed Coping with sexual difficulties: the lived experience of women taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medication
title_short Coping with sexual difficulties: the lived experience of women taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medication
title_sort coping with sexual difficulties: the lived experience of women taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (ssri) medication
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1270