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Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale

The ASEX is a brief, five-item self-report screening measure designed to assess sexual dysfunction in patients taking psychotropic medications, particularly antidepressants and antipsychotics. First published by McGahuey and colleagues in 2000, it rapidly measures sexual desire, arousal, penile erection (or lubrication), ejaculation (or orgasm), and satisfaction. The ASEX has become the standard tool for evaluating medication-induced sexual side effects in psychiatric and psychopharmacology research.

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Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale (ASEX)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / urology-gynecology
  • McGahuey, G. C., Gelenberg, A. J., Laukes, C. A., Moreno, F. A., Delgado, P. L., McKnight, K. M., & Manber, R. (2000). The Arizona Sexual Experience Scale (ASEX): reliability and validity. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 26(1), 25–40. · DOI 10.1080/009262300278623
  • Collins, D. R., & Clapton, N. E. (2007). The Arizona Sexual Experience Scale (ASEX): a brief, comprehensive measure of sexual side effects during antidepressant or antipsychotic medications. Evaluation and the Health Professions, 30(2), 187–198. · URL
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Same method familyFemale Sexual Function Indexmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyInternational Index of Erectile Functionmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familySexual Satisfaction Scalemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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