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Sexuality and Mental Illness: A small group approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ian Medley  and
Anne R. Douglas
Ian Medley
Affiliation:
Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Glasgow
Anne R. Douglas
Affiliation:
Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Glasgow
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The issue of sexuality and the mentally ill provokes an uneasy reaction in many people. The lay person possesses inaccurate notions, for instance, about the level of sex drive or the expression thereof. Public interest and anxiety was recently fuelled by the case of Jeanette, the mentally handicapped woman for whom sterilisation was requested. Less understandable is the reaction of the more informed carers of the mentally ill. Being in such a position of responsibility raises a challenge, though the usual attitudes are of either ambivalence or denial. It was not then without some reservations that we organised a group for young people with psychotic conditions, with the aim of tackling sexual issues in relationships.

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Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , April 1988 , pp. 132 - 134
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