S Brody

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  1. ncbi Slimness is associated with greater intercourse and lesser masturbation frequency
    Stuart Brody
    Institute for Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tubingen, Germany
    J Sex Marital Ther 30:251-61. 2004
  2. ncbi Women's finger sensitivity correlates with partnered sexual behavior but not solitary masturbation frequencies
    Stuart Brody
    Division of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of the West Scotland, Paisley, United Kingdom
    J Sex Marital Ther 34:343-52. 2008
  3. ncbi Male circumcision in HIV prevention
    Devon D Brewer
    Lancet 369:1597; author reply 1598-9. 2007
  4. ncbi Brief report: self-harm is associated with immature defense mechanisms but not substance use in a nonclinical Scottish adolescent sample
    Stuart Brody
    School of Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, High Street, PA1 2BE Paisley, United Kingdom
    J Adolesc 35:765-7. 2012
  5. ncbi Heterosexual anal intercourse: increasing prevalence, and association with sexual dysfunction, bisexual behavior, and venereal disease history
    Stuart Brody
    School of Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
    J Sex Marital Ther 37:298-306. 2011
  6. ncbi Psychiatric and characterological factors relevant to excess mortality in a long-term cohort of prostitute women
    Stuart Brody
    Institute for Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tubingen, Germany
    J Sex Marital Ther 31:97-112. 2005
  7. ncbi Blood pressure reactivity to stress is better for people who recently had penile-vaginal intercourse than for people who had other or no sexual activity
    Stuart Brody
    Division of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Paisley, Paisley PA1 2BE, Scotland, UK
    Biol Psychol 71:214-22. 2006
  8. ncbi The post-orgasmic prolactin increase following intercourse is greater than following masturbation and suggests greater satiety
    Stuart Brody
    Division of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Paisley, Scotland, UK
    Biol Psychol 71:312-5. 2006
  9. ncbi Intercourse orgasm consistency, concordance of women's genital and subjective sexual arousal, and erotic stimulus presentation sequence
    Stuart Brody
    Division of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Paisley, Paisley, United Kingdom
    J Sex Marital Ther 33:31-9. 2007
  10. ncbi Vaginal orgasm is associated with less use of immature psychological defense mechanisms
    Stuart Brody
    Division of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, UK
    J Sex Med 5:1167-76. 2008

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  1. ncbi Slimness is associated with greater intercourse and lesser masturbation frequency
    Stuart Brody
    Institute for Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tubingen, Germany
    J Sex Marital Ther 30:251-61. 2004
    ....
  2. ncbi Women's finger sensitivity correlates with partnered sexual behavior but not solitary masturbation frequencies
    Stuart Brody
    Division of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of the West Scotland, Paisley, United Kingdom
    J Sex Marital Ther 34:343-52. 2008
    ..Results are discussed in terms of differences between different sexual behaviors, as well as susceptibility to reinforcement, and psychoanalytic views of conversion hysteria...
  3. ncbi Male circumcision in HIV prevention
    Devon D Brewer
    Lancet 369:1597; author reply 1598-9. 2007
  4. ncbi Brief report: self-harm is associated with immature defense mechanisms but not substance use in a nonclinical Scottish adolescent sample
    Stuart Brody
    School of Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, High Street, PA1 2BE Paisley, United Kingdom
    J Adolesc 35:765-7. 2012
    ..More research and clinical attention might be given to immature defense mechanisms in cases of DSH...
  5. ncbi Heterosexual anal intercourse: increasing prevalence, and association with sexual dysfunction, bisexual behavior, and venereal disease history
    Stuart Brody
    School of Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
    J Sex Marital Ther 37:298-306. 2011
    ..The authors discuss the possible reasons for the increasing prevalence and the associations. Multivariate predictors of ever having a sexual dysfunction or a venereal disease are also presented...
  6. ncbi Psychiatric and characterological factors relevant to excess mortality in a long-term cohort of prostitute women
    Stuart Brody
    Institute for Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tubingen, Germany
    J Sex Marital Ther 31:97-112. 2005
    ..We observed consistency between the observed pattern of mortality in prostitute women and mortality that would be expected in a sample of persons at high risk for antisocial and borderline personality disorder...
  7. ncbi Blood pressure reactivity to stress is better for people who recently had penile-vaginal intercourse than for people who had other or no sexual activity
    Stuart Brody
    Division of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Paisley, Paisley PA1 2BE, Scotland, UK
    Biol Psychol 71:214-22. 2006
    ..The magnitude of the sexual behavior effect on BP reactivity is greater than of other factors in the literature. These findings add to the research corpus on the benefits of PVI (differentiated from other sexual activities)...
  8. ncbi The post-orgasmic prolactin increase following intercourse is greater than following masturbation and suggests greater satiety
    Stuart Brody
    Division of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Paisley, Scotland, UK
    Biol Psychol 71:312-5. 2006
    ....
  9. ncbi Intercourse orgasm consistency, concordance of women's genital and subjective sexual arousal, and erotic stimulus presentation sequence
    Stuart Brody
    Division of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Paisley, Paisley, United Kingdom
    J Sex Marital Ther 33:31-9. 2007
    ..I discuss the results in terms of the unique nature of penile-vaginal intercourse and the study's implications for sex therapy and sex research...
  10. ncbi Vaginal orgasm is associated with less use of immature psychological defense mechanisms
    Stuart Brody
    Division of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, UK
    J Sex Med 5:1167-76. 2008
    ..Freud implied a link between inability to have a vaginal orgasm and psychosexual immaturity. Since Kinsey, many sexologists have asserted that no such link exists. However, empirical testing of the issue has been lacking...
  11. ncbi Satisfaction (sexual, life, relationship, and mental health) is associated directly with penile-vaginal intercourse, but inversely with other sexual behavior frequencies
    Stuart Brody
    Division of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, UK
    J Sex Med 6:1947-54. 2009
    ..Evidence is required to determine whether sexual behaviors differ in their associations with both sexual satisfaction and satisfaction with other aspects of life...
  12. ncbi Vaginal orgasm is associated with vaginal (not clitoral) sex education, focusing mental attention on vaginal sensations, intercourse duration, and a preference for a longer penis
    Stuart Brody
    School of Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, UK
    J Sex Med 7:2774-81. 2010
    ..Common sex education and sexual medicine approaches might undermine vaginal orgasm benefits...
  13. ncbi Overestimation of heterosexually attributed AIDS deaths is associated with immature psychological defence mechanisms and clitoral masturbation during penile-vaginal intercourse
    S Brody
    Division of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, UK
    Int J STD AIDS 20:869-75. 2009
    ..The results indicate that those who perceive 'heterosexual transmission' led to many AIDS deaths have poorer psychological functioning, and might be less able to appreciate PVI...
  14. ncbi The relative health benefits of different sexual activities
    Stuart Brody
    School of Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, High Street, Paisley PA1 2BE, UK
    J Sex Med 7:1336-61. 2010
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  15. ncbi Body mass index but not pulse pressure is associated with lesser penile-vaginal intercourse frequency in healthy young men
    Stuart Brody
    University of the West of Scotland, School of Social Sciences, Paisley, UK
    J Sex Med 7:1853-7. 2010
    ..It is unclear to what degree pulse pressure (and body mass index) would be associated with aspects of sexual function in a younger, healthy sample (controlling for possible confounders)...
  16. ncbi Greater tactile sensitivity and less use of immature psychological defense mechanisms predict women's penile-vaginal intercourse orgasm
    Stuart Brody
    School of Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, UK
    J Sex Med 7:3057-65. 2010
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  17. ncbi Simultaneous penile-vaginal intercourse orgasm is associated with satisfaction (sexual, life, partnership, and mental health)
    Stuart Brody
    University of West of Scotland, School of Social Sciences, Paisley, UK
    J Sex Med 8:734-41. 2011
    ..The contribution to satisfaction of simultaneous orgasm produced by PVI merited direct examination in a large representative sample...
  18. ncbi Vaginal orgasm is more prevalent among women with a prominent tubercle of the upper lip
    Stuart Brody
    School of Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, UK
    J Sex Med 8:2793-9. 2011
    ..Other markers (perhaps of prenatal origin) even without obvious mechanistic roles in vaginal orgasm might exist, and a clinical observation led to the novel hypothesis that a prominent tubercle of the upper lip is such a marker...
  19. ncbi Establishing valid AIDS monitoring and research in countries with generalized epidemics
    Stuart Brody
    Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, University of Tubingen, Germany
    Int J STD AIDS 15:1-6. 2004
    ..Multimethod approaches for developing sound HIV/AIDS research are presented...
  20. ncbi Autoinoculation of human papillomavirus and vaginal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus: an appeal for rigorous verification
    Stuart Brody
    Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, , Germany
    Sex Transm Dis 31:65-6. 2004
  21. ncbi Age at first intercourse is inversely related to female cortisol stress reactivity
    Stuart Brody
    Center for Psychobiological and Psychosomatic Research, University of Trier, Karl Marx Strasse 94, 54290, Trier, Germany
    Psychoneuroendocrinology 27:933-43. 2002
    ..Results are discussed in terms of genetic and psychological influences on first intercourse and implications for coping with interpersonal stress...
  22. ncbi Concordance between women's physiological and subjective sexual arousal is associated with consistency of orgasm during intercourse but not other sexual behavior
    Stuart Brody
    Institute for Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tubingen, Germany
    J Sex Marital Ther 29:15-23. 2003
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  23. ncbi A randomized controlled trial of high dose ascorbic acid for reduction of blood pressure, cortisol, and subjective responses to psychological stress
    Stuart Brody
    Center for psychomatic and Psychobiological Research, University of Trier, Trier, Germany
    Psychopharmacology (Berl) 159:319-24. 2002
    ..Physiological responses to stress are considered disruptive to health. High-dose ascorbic acid has reduced indices of stress in laboratory animals...
  24. ncbi Cannabis, tobacco, and caffeine use modify the blood pressure reactivity protection of ascorbic acid
    Stuart Brody
    Center for Psychosomatic and Psychobiological Research, University of Trier, Trier, Germany
    Pharmacol Biochem Behav 72:811-6. 2002
    ..Results are discussed in terms of dopaminergic effects of these substances, modulation of catecholaminergic and endothelial activity, and AA support of coping styles...
  25. ncbi Vaginal intercourse frequency and heart rate variability
    Stuart Brody
    Institute for Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tubingen, Germany
    J Sex Marital Ther 29:371-80. 2003
    ..However, the previously obtained negative association of FSI with DBP was not replicated...
  26. ncbi Assessing the role of anal intercourse in the epidemiology of AIDS in Africa
    Stuart Brody
    Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tubingen, Germany
    Int J STD AIDS 14:431-6. 2003
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  27. ncbi Social desirability scores are associated with higher morning cortisol levels in firefighters
    S Brody
    Center for Psychobiological and Psychosomatic Research, University of Trier, Friedrich Wilhelm Strasse 23, D 54290, Trier, Germany
    J Psychosom Res 49:227-8. 2000
    ..To examine the association of social desirability (SD) responding ("defensiveness") and cortisol levels...
  28. ncbi A preliminary report relating frequency of vaginal intercourse to heart rate variability, Valsalva ratio, blood pressure, and cohabitation status
    S Brody
    Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
    Biol Psychol 52:251-7. 2000
    ..Results are discussed in terms of both the modulating role of blood pressure on a number of psychological functions and the role of parasympathetic tone in HRV, FSI, and possibly pair-bonding...
  29. ncbi Cardiovascular autonomic dysregulation in users of MDMA ("Ecstasy")
    S Brody
    Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, Eberhard Karls University of Tubingen, Germany
    Psychopharmacology (Berl) 136:390-3. 1998
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  30. ncbi High-dose ascorbic acid increases intercourse frequency and improves mood: a randomized controlled clinical trial
    Stuart Brody
    Center for and the Psychosomatic and Psychobiological Research, University of Trier, Germany
    Biol Psychiatry 52:371-4. 2002
    ..CONCLUSIONS: AA appears to increase FSI, and the differential benefit to noncohabitants suggests that a central activation or disinhibition, rather than peripheral mechanism may be responsible...
  31. ncbi Immature defense mechanisms are associated with lesser vaginal orgasm consistency and greater alcohol consumption before sex
    Rui Miguel Costa
    School of Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, UK
    J Sex Med 7:775-86. 2010
    ..Alcohol consumed before sex (ACBS) might impair vaginal orgasm or lead to avoiding the opportunity for it, but research examining immature defenses, ACBS, and specific sexual behaviors has been lacking...
  32. ncbi Alexithymia is inversely associated with women's frequency of vaginal intercourse
    Stuart Brody
    Institute for Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
    Arch Sex Behav 32:73-7. 2003
    ..Results are discussed in terms of the unique nature of penile-vaginal intercourse, emotional integration and sexuality, and both less alexithymia and greater FSI being associated with indices of better physical and psychological health...
  33. ncbi HIV transmission during paediatric health care in sub-Saharan Africa--risks and evidence
    David Gisselquist
    Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, , Germany
    S Afr Med J 94:109-16. 2004
    ..Research is required to determine the extent of iatrogenic HIV infection among African children as well as to identify high-risk procedures and settings. Such research can motivate and direct prevention efforts...
  34. ncbi Declining HIV rates in Uganda: due to cleaner needles, not abstinence or condoms
    Stuart Brody
    Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, , Germany
    Int J STD AIDS 15:440-1. 2004
    ..Given the lack of evidence for transmission of HIV to healthy persons by penile-vaginal intercourse, the improvement in injection safety is the best candidate for declining HIV and AIDS rates...
  35. ncbi Evidence of iatrogenic HIV transmission in children in South Africa
    Stuart Brody
    Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, , Germany
    BJOG 110:450-2. 2003
  36. ncbi Let it be sexual: how health care transmission of AIDS in Africa was ignored
    David Gisselquist
    Int J STD AIDS 14:148-61. 2003
    ..We urge renewed, evidence-based, investigations into the proportion of African HIV from non-sexual exposures...
  37. ncbi Mounting anomalies in the epidemiology of HIV in Africa: cry the beloved paradigm
    Devon D Brewer
    University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
    Int J STD AIDS 14:144-7. 2003
  38. ncbi Disconnects in presumed heterosexual HIV transmission in Malawi
    Devon D Brewer
    AIDS 22:1377; author reply 1378-9. 2008
  39. ncbi Women's relationship quality is associated with specifically penile-vaginal intercourse orgasm and frequency
    Rui Miguel Costa
    CEDEMA Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Deficientes Mentais Adultos, Lisbon, Portugal
    J Sex Marital Ther 33:319-27. 2007
    ..Social desirability scores did not confound the associations. Results are discussed in terms of both evolutionary and psychoanalytic theories...
  40. ncbi Plausible and implausible parameters for mathematical modeling of nominal heterosexual HIV transmission
    Eva Deuchert
    Department of International Economic Policy, University of Freiburg, Germany
    Ann Epidemiol 17:237-44. 2007
    ..The validity of these models has been unclear. To understand the validity of these models, empirical estimates for relevant model parameters are needed that can be compared with parameters used in mathematical models...
  41. ncbi Mortality in a long-term open cohort of prostitute women
    John J Potterat
    El Paso County Department of Health and Environment, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 159:778-85. 2004
    ..7 (95% CI: 6.2, 29.3). Deaths from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome occurred exclusively among prostitutes who admitted to injecting drug use or were inferred to have a history of it...
  42. ncbi Mental relaxation improves long-term incidental visual memory
    Esmeralda Nava
    Clinical Research Center and Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
    Neurobiol Learn Mem 81:167-71. 2004
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  43. ncbi Running on empty: sexual co-factors are insufficient to fuel Africa's turbocharged HIV epidemic
    David Gisselquist
    Hershey, PA 17033, USA
    Int J STD AIDS 15:442-52. 2004
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  44. ncbi The protective effect of male circumcision as a faith lift for the troubled paradigm of HIV epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa
    John J Potterat
    PLoS Med 3:e64; author reply e67. 2006
  45. ncbi The role of health care in the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa: evidence from Kenya
    Eva Deuchert
    Department of International Economic Policy, University of Freiburg, Germany
    Int J STD AIDS 17:749-52. 2006
    ..The results are consistent with health care being a very important vector for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. It is recommended that there be a reallocation of resources to address healthcare transmission of HIV/AIDS...
  46. ncbi Lack of autodisable syringe use and health care indicators are associated with high HIV prevalence: an international ecologic analysis
    Eva Deuchert
    Department of International Economic Policy, University of Freiburg, Germany
    Ann Epidemiol 17:199-207. 2007
    ..We investigate whether nonuse of autodisable syringes and other health care indicators predict national HIV prevalence...
  47. ncbi Valid evaluation of iatrogenic and sexual HIV transmission requires proof
    Devon D Brewer
    AIDS 21:2556-7; author reply 2558-9. 2007
  48. ncbi Association of HIV infection with poor genital hygiene and medical treatment for prior serious illness suggests iatrogenic transmission
    Stuart Brody
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 44:365-6; author reply 366. 2007
  49. ncbi Male and female circumcision associated with prevalent HIV infection in virgins and adolescents in Kenya, Lesotho, and Tanzania
    Devon D Brewer
    Interdisciplinary Scientific Research, Seattle, WA 98115, USA via www interscientific net contact html
    Ann Epidemiol 17:217-26. 2007
    ..We assessed the relation between male and female circumcision (genital cutting) and prevalent HIV infection in Kenyan, Lesothoan, and Tanzanian virgins and adolescents...
  50. ncbi Still not understanding the uneven spread of HIV within Africa
    John J Potterat
    Sex Transm Dis 31:365. 2004
  51. ncbi Does selected ecological evidence give a true picture of HIV transmission in Africa?
    David Gisselquist
    Hershey, PA 17033, USA
    Int J STD AIDS 15:434-9. 2004
    ..We commend the emerging consensus to improve the safety of health care delivery. In countries with generalized HIV epidemics, we urge public education about the risks for HIV acquisition from unsterile health care...
  52. ncbi Increased high-frequency heart rate variability during insulin-induced hypoglycaemia in healthy humans
    Hartmut Schachinger
    Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Research Center and Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
    Clin Sci (Lond) 106:583-8. 2004
    ..Thus, during hypoglycaemia-induced sympathetic cardiac activation in healthy adults, parasympathetic mechanisms are involved in stabilizing mean HR...
  53. ncbi The evidence for health-care transmission of HIV in Africa should determine prevention priorities
    Eva Deuchert
    Int J STD AIDS 18:290-1. 2007
  54. ncbi Four policies to reduce HIV transmission through unsterile health care
    David Gisselquist
    Int J STD AIDS 14:717-22. 2003
    ..3) Promote safe health care practices equally for clients and staff. (4) Establish a zero-tolerance policy for iatrogenic HIV infections, with publicly reported monitoring and investigations...
  55. ncbi HIV epidemiology in Africa: weak variables and tendentiousness generate wobbly conclusions
    Stuart Brody
    PLoS Med 2:e137; author reply e147. 2005
  56. ncbi Cognitive and psychomotor function in hypoglycemia: response error patterns and retest reliability
    Hartmut Schachinger
    Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, BIM, University Hospital, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
    Pharmacol Biochem Behav 75:915-20. 2003
    ..01). A new finding is that on the PASAT, hypoglycemia appears to differentially increase the rate of omission errors more than it increases false responses. Data on PASAT reaction time (RT) are also presented...
  57. ncbi Investigating iatrogenic HIV transmission in Ugandan children
    Devon D Brewer
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 45:253-4. 2007
  58. ncbi Miscarriage of HIV epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa
    John J Potterat
    AIDS 20:955-6; author reply 956-8. 2006
  59. ncbi Research design determines what can be known about modes of HIV transmission
    Devon D Brewer
    AIDS 20:1208-9; author reply 1209. 2006
  60. ncbi Converging evidence suggests nonsexual HIV transmission among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa
    Devon D Brewer
    J Adolesc Health 40:290-1; author reply 291-3. 2007
  61. ncbi Blind spots in the epidemiology of HIV in black Americans
    John J Potterat
    Int J STD AIDS 19:1-3. 2008
    ..Appropriate prevention strategies depend critically on direct, rather than ecologic, evidence...