ABSTRACT
A study of female patients referred for treatment of sexual dysfunctions was conducted in the Psychiatric Ward of Salvador Hospital, Santiago, Chile. Its purposes were determine the characteristics of the participants' sexuality and to apply a group treatment method known as "sexual dysfunction diagnosis and counceling group" geared to education in sexual matters and relations between partners. Salient determinants of sexual dysfunctions are lack of information, sexual relations without the psychological involvement of the woman, and incomplete or traumatic sexual development dominated by inhibition and repression. The authors note that group therapy offers women a good opportunity to discover and in some cases to solve their sexual dysfunction problems through candid discussions in the ordinary language of their social group. in a receptive environment where they can comfortably express their doubts and conflicts
