THE AMBULATORY OF SEXOLOGY OF GYNECOLOGY INSTITUTE OF UFRJ
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35919/rbsh.v18i1.428Keywords:
Ambulatory assistance, sexual problems, clinical sexology, ltidisciplinary assistanceAbstract
The Ambulatory of Sexology of Gynecology lnstitute of UFRJ - Hospital Moncorvo Filho was created in 1986 and is in continuous operation since then. The service is an available to patients with several sexual problems and has a trained doctors and psychologists who worker as a team in a multidisciplinary process. The patients come from poor Rio de Janeiro areas, having deficient social, economic and cultural conditions. The main complains are male and female sexual dysfunctions, identity inversion and conflict, genital malformation, gender disorders, and couple conflict. ln summary problems are organic, psychological, social and frequently a combination of two or more factors. Thought out the therapeutic work the patient is assisted for the same professional or for the same team of professionals, when a coordinated doctor - psychologist work is required. When the patient has a regular partner he will normally be invited to participate in the treatment. ln this case individual and couple sessions are made available to produce better and faster results. The coordination group in all those years of work has noticed that the multidiscipline team obtained improved working conditions and better results them the traditional one only professional assistance. Most problems showed mixed causes and symptoms, requiring wide focus.