Collection
Prize Winning Papers
ISSM/SMSNA Mental Health Prize 2022
Journal Article
Sophia Weber, MSc, Vibe Gedsoe Frokjaer, MD, PhD, Sophia Armand, MSc, Julie Helmer Nielsen, MD, Gitte Moos Knudsen, DMSc, Martin Balslev Joergensen, MD, DMSc, Dea Siggaard Stenbaek, PhD, Annamaria Giraldi, MD, PhD
The Journal of Sexual Medicine, qdac016, https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdac016
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is closely associated with sexual dysfunction, which may worsen during treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) due to the side effects of pharmacologic treatment.
ISSM/SMSNA FSD Prize 2022
Journal Article
Maria Uloko, MD, Erika P Isabey, MD, Blair R Peters, MD
The Journal of Sexual Medicine, qdac027, https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdac027
It is frequently quoted in mainstream media that the clitoris has “8000 nerve endings.” However, no study has yet quantified the number of nerve fibers (axons) innervating the human clitoris. The dorsal nerves of the clitoris (DNCs) are the primary source of sensation and somatic clitoral innervation.
ISSM Zorgniotti-Newman Meeting Prize 2022
Journal Article
Tim Searl, PhD, Samuel Ohlander, MD, Kevin T McVary, MD, Carol A Podlasek, PhD
The Journal of Sexual Medicine, qdac019, https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdac019
Patients with a prostatectomy are at high risk of developing erectile dysfunction (ED) that is refractory to phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors. The cavernous nerve (CN) is frequently damaged during prostatectomy, causing loss of innervation to the penis. This initiates corpora cavernosal remodeling (apoptosis and fibrosis) and results in ED.
