Psychological, Medical, and Pharmacological Correlates of Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder

Women who met all the criteria of PGAD were more likely than women who only met some of the criteria to report depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and certain obsessive-compulsive symptoms such as monitoring their physical sensations. It is hypothesized that for a subset of women, psychological factors, namely anxiety, reinforce exacerbate and maintain PGAD. Leiblum S, Seehuus M, Goldmeier D, and Brown C. Psychological, medical, and pharmacological correlates of persistent genital arousal disorder.