The British Journal of Psychiatry 132: 580-584 (1978)
© 1978 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
The treatment of frigidity: a comparative study of group and individual desensitization
EC O'Gorman
Forty patients took part in this study. Twenty patients treated by group
desensitization were compared with twenty treated by individual
desensitization. Group desensitization appeared the more effective
treatment if outcome was measured on the patients' self-rating scale, but
the less effective if outcome was measured by the sexual interest
questionnaire. Of the two, the group method took longer to administer, but
more patients treated in this way completed the course of treatment.