4.5. Psychiatric and Psychological Considerations
depression, sexual dysfunction, psychological distress, anxiety
Besides the neuroendocrinological models proposed above, two psychological concepts are considered to explain as to why apparently symptoms of sexual dysfunction, depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbances changed concomitantly and in parallel. The first is the concept of the transdiagnostic approach; the second is the concept of allostatic load.First, the transdiagnostic approach in psychiatry and clinical psychology [Second, the concept of allostatic load in well-being and ill-being suggests that a person per sé might not suffer (well-being) or suffer (ill-being) from psychological distress [