Disfuncao sexual do desejo feminino e depressao: revisao

Background: Sexual dysfunction is defined as an inability to achieve one or more of the phases of the healthy sexual response cycle or pain during sexual intercourse, which may be related to psychological or physiological factors. Aims: To verify how depressive symptoms can affect female sexual function and interfere with women’s quality of life. Method: Integrative literature review of PubMed, SciELO and Virtual Health Library (BVS) databases of articles on depression and female sexual dysfunction. Results: There was a high prevalence of female sexual dysfunction associated with suspected depression, and it is important to investigate a greater number of individuals to identify this condition, these women had difficulties in the first three phases of the cycle of sexual response, lubrication, pain and during sexual activity and sexual dissatisfaction. Conclusion: Sexual dysfunction is highly prevalent in depressed women and women with major depressive disorder, also highly prevalent in women with fibromyalgia syndrome related to a high association of sexual dysfunction and depression, and women who use antidepressants may experience difficulties in the response cycle phases sexual.