Lori Brotto

Lori Anne Brotto (born 1975) is a Canadian psychologist best known for her work on gender identity disorders (GID) and female sexual arousal disorder (FSAD).Finn, Robert (March 1, 2005). [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CYD/is_5_40/ai_n13472419 Study confirms at least two subtypes of FSAD.] "OB/GYN News"]

Career

In 1993, Brotto graduated Johnston Heights High School in Surrey, British Columbia. Brotto attended the University of British Columbia, earning a biopsychology B.S. in 1997, a M.A. in 1999, and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 2003. In 2003, she completed a one-year internship in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Washington, followed by a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Reproductive and Sexual Medicine. Brotto was licensed as a Psychologist in the Province of British Columbia in 2005 and has held a position in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of British Columbia since 2005.

Brotto is an elected member of the International Academy of Sex Research, the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health, the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, the Canadian Sex Research Forum, and the Canadian Psychological Association. She serves on the editorial boards for Archives of Sexual Behavior, Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, and the International Journal of Sexual Health.

Brotto specializes in sexual issues for women during and after treatment for gynecological cancer: "50% to almost 100% of women following gynaecological cancer do report some degree of sexual impairment depending on the kind of cancer treatment they've had."Swan, Norman (June 23, 2008). [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/stories/2008/2279773.htm Sexual dysfunction in women with gynaecological cancer.] "The Health Report" (ABC).] Indiana University (September 17, 2007). [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070914190618.htm Sex After Cancer.] "ScienceDaily".] In 2005 Brotto launched North America's first study to explore a psychoeducational treatment aimed at helping cancer survivors treated with radical hysterectomy regain their sexual health.Thomson, Hilary (December 2, 2004). "UBC Reports", Vol. 50, No. 11] "To Brotto, the one defining feature of sexual dysfunction is the level of interference it causes. If lack of desire or inability to orgasm interferes in a woman's life, distresses her, or creates a burden on her relationship with her partner, then it could do with some fixing. If it doesn't, then leave well enough alone."Bryan, Helena (June 30, 2005). [http://www.straight.com/article/female-orgasms-not-always-on-the-menu? Female orgasms not always on the menu.] "The Georgia Straight"] She contributed chapters on managing FSAD and low sexual desire in women in the upcoming "Clinical Manual of Sexual Disorders" edited by Richard Balon and R. Taylor Segraves.

elected publications

*Brotto LA (2003). "Genital and subjective sexual arousal in women: Effects of menopause, sympathetic nervous system activation, and arousal disorder." University of British Columbia, ISBN 9780612854299

*Basson R, Brotto LA (2003). Sexual psychophysiology and effects of sildenafil citrate in oestrogenised women with acquired genital arousal disorder and impaired orgasm: a randomised controlled trial. "BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology" 2003 Nov;110(11):1014-24.

*Graziottin A, Brotto LA (2004). Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome: A Clinical Approach. "Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy", 2004 May-Jun;30(3):125-39.
*Basson R, Leiblum S, Brotto LA, Derogatis J (2004). Revised Definitions of Women's Sexual Dysfunction. "The Journal of Sexual Medicine", 2004 Jul;1(1):40-8.

*Basson R, Brotto LA, Laan E, Redmond G, Utian WH (2005). Assessment and Management of Women's Sexual Dysfunctions: Problematic Desire and Arousal. ‘’Journal of Sexual Medicine.’’ 2005 May;2(3):291-300.

*Brotto LA (2005). Psychologic-based desire and arousal disorders: Treatment strategies and outcome results. In Goldstein I, Meston CM, Davis S, Traish A (Eds.). "Textbook of Female Sexual Dysfunction." Taylor & Fancis Medical Books, pp. 443-450.

*Brotto LA. Klein C (2007). Sexual and Gender-Identity Disorders. In: Hersen M, Turner SM, Beidel D. (Eds.) "Adult Psychopathology and Diagnosis" (Fifth Edition). John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, pp. 504-570. ISBN 0470114665

*Brotto LA, Luria M. (2008). Menopause, Aging, and Sexual Response in Women. In: Rowland DL, Incrocci L. (Eds.). "Handbook of Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders." John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, pp. 251-283. ISBN 9780471767381

References

External links

* [http://www.loribrotto.com/ Lori Brotto personal website]
* [http://www.psych.ubc.ca/faculty/profile/index.psy?fullname=Brotto,%20Lori&area=&designation=sessional Lori Brotto faculty profile] via University of British Columbia
* [http://www.obstgyn.ca%2FSexualHealth%2FRoute%2520Folder%2FWebPages%2FAbout%2FCV%2Fcv2008.pdf Lori Brotto curriculum vitae] via UBC Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology