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Should Sexual Desire and Arousal Disorders in Women Be Merged? A Response to DeRogatis, Clayton, Rosen, Sand, and Pyke (2010)

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Acknowledgments

Drs. Brotto, Binik, Graham, and Segraves are members of the DSM-5 Sexual Dysfunctions subworkgroup (Chair, Dr. Segraves) and Dr. Zucker is the Chair of the Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Workgroup. We wish to also thank Dr. Ellen Laan for her very useful feedback on this Letter.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, 2775 Laurel Street, 6th Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada

    Lori A. Brotto

  2. Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Brunel University, Middlesex, UK

    Cynthia A. Graham

  3. Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Yitzchak M. Binik

  4. Department of Psychiatry, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

    R. Taylor Segraves

  5. Gender Identity Service, Child, Youth, and Family Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Kenneth J. Zucker

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Brotto, L.A., Graham, C.A., Binik, Y.M. et al. Should Sexual Desire and Arousal Disorders in Women Be Merged? A Response to DeRogatis, Clayton, Rosen, Sand, and Pyke (2010). Arch Sex Behav 40, 221–225 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-010-9706-0

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