Talk:Sexual anorexia

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This article was nominated for deletion on 2006/11/25. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

[edit] Good, medical sources?

Sexhelp.com seems to be the most credible of these resources and even it seems suspect to me. Kirstenrogoff.com references the same site, and she apparently worked for the guy who runs Sexhelp.com. Is it just this one PhD who coined this term or is the use of this characterization supportable in any real academic literature on the subject? A couple of isolated family therapists using the term doesn't make it article-worthy.

[edit] Appears to be a real term ...

I noticed this article as up for deletion, did a bit of quick research, and currently conclude it is for real. I agree the article available needs improvement, but I voted that the article be kept, and have identified a couple sources, albeit from the same journal. Please see Patrick J. Carnes article titled "The Case for Sexual Anorexia: An Interim Report on 144 Patients with Sexual Disorders" in the December 1998 issue of the journal Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity. The abstract says the term "sexual anorexia" is used to describe "sexual aversion disorder." Another source in the June 2003 issue of the same journal is by Laura Nelson and titled "Sexual Addiction versus Sexual Anorexia and the Church's Impact." According to the Academic Search Premier database, this is a peer reviewed journal published in the UK. Keesiewonder 02:11, 26 November 2006 (UTC)