Sexual Function and Well-being Special Interest Group: what is in a name?

The Sexual Function and Well-being Special Interest Group (SIG) of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV aims to improve the quality of care given to patients presenting to sexual health clinics with sexual dysfunction and provide a forum for education, training and research. It recently changed its name to reflect the positive evolution from a problem-orientated sexual dysfunction SIG. The emphasis on sexual function aligns with the WHO definition of sexual health as ‘a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being about sexuality; not merely the absence of disease dysfunction or infirmity’.1 It brings in the biopsychosocial model of care, which is reflected in the shift of the SIG membership from doctors to a truly multidisciplinary group of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, psychologists, social scientists and sex therapists. In the shift towards a more positive perspective on sexuality, the SIG has included ‘well-being’ in their...

Source: Sexually Transmitted Infections - November 17, 2023 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Goold, P., Mitchell, K., Ahmed, N., Andrews, S., British Association for Sexual Health and HIV Sexual Function and Well-being Specialist Interest Group, British Association for Sexual Health and HIV Sexual Function and Well-Being Specialist Interest Group Tags: BASHH column Source Type: research