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Overview

Lori A. Brotto is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research spans across medicine and psychology, with a focus on various subfields including clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, social psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and general health professions.

The primary areas of study for Lori A. Brotto involve sexual function and dysfunction studies, sexuality, behavior, and technology, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, endometriosis research and treatment, attachment and relationship dynamics, cancer survivorship and care, and menopause including health impacts and treatments.

The scientist has published extensively in several academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
  • Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
  • The Journal of Sex Research

Lori A. Brotto has collaborated regularly with several researchers. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Arianne Albert
  • Angela Kaida
  • Gina Ogilvie
  • Bożena Zdaniuk
  • Liisa A.M. Galea

Among recent publications, four notable papers are:

  • "Simple versus Radical Hysterectomy in Women with Low-Risk Cervical Cancer," 2024, published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine: results from a population-based survey in Canada," 2021, published in BMC Public Health
  • "The Heteronormativity Theory of Low Sexual Desire in Women Partnered with Men," 2021, published in Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • "Digital Health Needs of Women With Postpartum Depression: Focus Group Study," 2020, published in Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • "Ace and Aro: Understanding Differences in Romantic Attractions Among Persons Identifying as Asexual," 2020, published in Archives of Sexual Behavior

Best Publications

  • Definitions of women's sexual dysfunction reconsidered: advocating expansion and revision.

    R. Basson;S. Leiblum;L. Brotto;L. Derogatis

  • Revised Definitions of Women's Sexual Dysfunction

    Rosemary Basson;Sandra Leiblum;Lori Brotto;Leonard Derogatis

  • A mindfulness-based group psychoeducational intervention targeting sexual arousal disorder in women.

    Lori A. Brotto;Rosemary Basson;Mijal Luria

  • The DSM Diagnostic Criteria for Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Women

    Lori A. Brotto

  • International Consultation on Sexual Medicine ReportPsychological and Interpersonal Dimensions of Sexual Function and Dysfunction

    Lori Brotto;Sandrine Atallah;Crista Johnson-Agbakwu;Talli Rosenbaum

  • A Psychoeducational Intervention for Sexual Dysfunction in Women with Gynecologic Cancer

    Lori A. Brotto;Julia R. Heiman;Barbara Goff;Benjamin Greer

  • Asexuality: a mixed-methods approach.

    Lori A. Brotto;Gail Knudson;Jess Inskip;Katherine Rhodes

  • REPORTS: Summary of the Recommendations on Sexual Dysfunctions in Women

    Rosemary Basson;Margaret E. Wierman;Jacques Van Lankveld;Lori Brotto

  • A brief mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral intervention improves sexual functioning versus wait-list control in women treated for gynecologic cancer

    Lori A. Brotto;Yvonne Erskine;Mark Carey;Tom Ehlen

  • Group mindfulness-based therapy significantly improves sexual desire in women.

    Lori A. Brotto;Rosemary Basson

  • Women's Sexual Desire and Arousal Disorders

    Lori A. Brotto;Johannes Bitzer;Ellen Laan;Sandra Leiblum

  • Assessment and management of women's sexual dysfunctions: problematic desire and arousal.

    Rosemary Basson;Lori A. Brotto;Ellen Laan;Geoffrey Redmond

  • Narratives of Desire in Mid-Age Women With and Without Arousal Difficulties

    Lori A. Brotto;Julia R. Heiman;Deborah L. Tolman

  • Pilot study of a brief cognitive behavioral versus mindfulness-based intervention for women with sexual distress and a history of childhood sexual abuse.

    Lori A Brotto;Brooke N Seal;Alessandra Rellini

  • Mindfulness in sex therapy: Applications for women with sexual difficulties following gynecologic cancer

    Lori A. Brotto;Julia R. Heiman

  • Sexual psychophysiology and effects of sildenafil citrate in oestrogenised women with acquired genital arousal disorder and impaired orgasm: a randomised controlled trial

    Rosemary Basson;Lori A. Brotto

  • Sexual Desire and the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI): A Sexual Desire Cutpoint for Clinical Interpretation of the FSFI in Women with and without Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

    Eric P. Gerstenberger;Raymond C. Rosen;Jessica V. Brewer;Cindy M. Meston

  • Asexuality: Sexual Orientation, Paraphilia, Sexual Dysfunction, or None of the Above?

    Lori A. Brotto;Morag Yule

  • Physiological and Subjective Sexual Arousal in Self-Identified Asexual Women

    Lori A. Brotto;Morag A. Yule

  • Acculturation and Sexual Function in Asian Women

    Lori A. Brotto;Heather M. Chik;Andrew G. Ryder;Boris B. Gorzalka

  • Sex differences in forced-swim and open-field test behaviours after chronic administration of melatonin.

    Lori A Brotto;Alasdair M Barr;Boris B Gorzalka

Frequent Co-Authors

Boris B. Gorzalka
Boris B. Gorzalka University of British Columbia
Rosemary Basson
Rosemary Basson University of British Columbia
Meredith L. Chivers
Meredith L. Chivers Queen's University
Cynthia A. Graham
Cynthia A. Graham University of Southampton
Ellen Laan
Ellen Laan University of Amsterdam
E. Sandra Byers
E. Sandra Byers University of New Brunswick
Julia R. Heiman
Julia R. Heiman Indiana University
Cindy M. Meston
Cindy M. Meston The University of Texas at Austin
Natalie O. Rosen
Natalie O. Rosen Dalhousie University
Sophie Bergeron
Sophie Bergeron University of Montreal

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