ETIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SEXUAL DISEASES

Psychogenic sexual disorders, their etiopathogenesis, methods of treatment of patients with this disease have been of interest to scientists for a long time. One of the reasons for such high interest is that disorders are becoming more common. One of the most frequently observed types of sexual disorders is erectile dysfunction, the frequency of which increases with age. In young men, 5-8% are 75-80% at the age of 80. In particular, in the USA this pathology is observed in more than 10 million men, in Germany - in 3-5 million, in Russia-in about 6 million men. Therefore, the identification and treatment of patients with psychogenic sexual disorders, the improvement of medical and psychological assistance to them, along with basic treatment, is one of the urgent problems of modern medicine