Psychosocial interventions – i.e., psychoeducation, supportive psychotherapy and psychiatric rehabilitation – also play a crucial role, with the restoration of sexual function as an achievable recovery target.

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Switching to another antipsychotic medication,  have been preferable in managing many patients with treatment-emergent sexual dysfunction. Compounds with a lower frequency of sexual dysfunction should be considered as potential first-line options in psychotic patients with an active and satisfactory sexual life.

Management of treatment-induced sexual dysfunction in psychotic patients

Montejo, A. L., Montejo, L., & Baldwin, D. S. (2018). The impact of severe mental disorders and psychotropic medications on sexual health and its implications for clinical management. World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), 17(1), 3–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20509

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