Alcohol-Induced Sexual Impotence

FREDERICK LEMERE and JAMES W. SMITHAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 130, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.2.212

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Sexual impotence resulting from prolonged alcohol abuse may persist even after years of sobriety. The authors believe this problem is neither a psychological nor a hormonal defect but is due to the destructive effect of alcohol on the neurogenic reflex arc that serves the process of erection. The damage may be irreversible, accounting for the inability of some men to reattain potency.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 130 • Number 2 • February 1973

Pages: 212 - 213

PubMed: 4685247

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Published in print: February 1973

Published online: 1 April 2006

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FREDERICK LEMERE

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JAMES W. SMITH

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Consulting Psychiatrist, Shadel Hospital for the Treatment of Alcoholism, Seattle, Wash. and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Washington School of Medicine

Medical Director, Shadel Hospital for the Treatment of Alcoholism, Seattle, Wash.

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Alcohol-Induced Sexual Impotence

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