1. DESIRE: sexual fantasies about sexual activities and the desire to have sexual activity.
-Disturbance in the processes that characterized the sexual response cycle or by pain associated with sexual intercourse.#N#---Sexual response cycle is in 4 phases---#N#1. DESIRE: sexual fantasies about sexual activities and the desire to have sexual activity#N#2. EXCITEMENT: subject sense of sexual pleasure and accompanying physiological changes#N#3. ORGASM : peaking of sexual pleasure with release of sexual tension and rhythmic contraction of the muscles and reproductive organs.#N#4. RESOLUTION: sense of muscular relaxation and general well-being.#N#-sexual dysfunction can occur at 1 or more of these phases. Record all if all are present#N#-Minimum frequency is not specified in the criteria set for sexual dysfunction, so clinical judgement is very important.#N#-The degree of distress and interpersonal difficulty the individual is experiencing needs to be taken into account. These are typically affected by age and individual differences.