Impotence, which doctors call erectile dysfunction, is a very complex disease. Occasional inability to achieve and maintain an erection may be normal, but repeated inability to do so constitutes impotence. Many men are embarrassed to ask for help, and they may not have the impetus if they do not have a partner. In the past, there was a tendency to dismiss impotence as mostly psychological, which made men feel even more hesitant about getting help. Some of these cases are undoubtedly psychological in origin.
Patients suffering from depression and anxiety have a higher incidence of impotence.
However, many maintain the ability to achieve and maintain erections during certain phases of sleep and during masturbation, or they may experience difficulty with erections only with certain partners but not others. In dealing with patients, it is important to rule out an underlying biological basis for impotence, and it is equally important to address the psychological problems that affect potency. Unload Turk Street Building by Guang-Shing Cheng Apartment house on Turk Street between Arguello and Williard was acquired by UCSF in 1987. It houses 65 students in 12 units. The letter arrived four days before the students are to request campus housing slots for next year in a lottery process.