Main description:

"The Textbook of Clinical Sexual Medicine utilizes the biopsychosocial approach to inform physicians, practitioners, residents, trainees, and students about the latest science has to offer today for the evaluation and treatment of sexual dysfunctions especially the utilization of the full armamentarium of assessment methods and treatment interventions in order to restore of sexual health and enhance quality of life."

Louis Ignarro, Ph.D., Nobel Laureate

This textbook is a comprehensive resource covering sexual disorders in depth, from etiology, pathophysiology, phenomenology, treatment, to prognosis. The book highlights aspects the biological and psychosocial factors predisposing, precipitating, and perpetuating sexual dysfunction, and the importance of integrating biological and psychosocial treatments. Specialized chapters cover specific common medical complaints, including erectile, ejaculatory, and orgasmic disorders in the male; desire, arousal and orgasmic disorders in the female; and an integrated approach to the couple. With its focus on educational tools including over 100 figures, easy-to-use DSM-5 criteria table, and quick-guide appendices, this textbook is specially designed to educate readers on the psychiatric evaluation, treatment, and management of a wide range of sexual disorders.
The Textbook of Clinical Sexual Medicine is a vital resource for medical students, residents, fellows, graduate students, psychiatrists, psychologists, women's health specialists, urologists, endocrinologists, general practitioners, social workers, and all medical professionals and trainees working with patients suffering from sexual disorders.

Contents:

PART I: CLINICAL APPROACHES IN SEXUAL MEDICINE

Ch. 1: Introduction to Sexual Medicine

Katerina A. Furman

Bret Becker

Waguih William IsHak

Ch. 2: The History of Modern Sexual Medicine

Ronald W. Lewis

Ch. 3: Surveys of Sexual Behavior and Sexual Disorders

Gabriel Tobia

Khushminder Chahal

Waguih William IsHak

Ch. 4: The Human Sexual Response Cycle

Roy J. Levin

Ch. 5: Facilitators and Barriers in Sexual History Taking

Ana Patricia Lopes Virgolino

Luis Filipe de Almeida Roxo

Violeta Sabina Niego Perestrelo de Alarcao

Ch. 6: Biopsychosocial Evaluation of Sexual Dysfunctions

Sallie M. Foley

Prem K. Pahwa

Ch. 7: Biopsychosocial Treatment of Sexual Dysfunctions

Klaus M. Beier

Kurt K. Loewit

PART II: SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS

Ch. 8: Evaluation of Male Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

Demetria Pizano

Waguih William IsHak

Ch. 9: Treatment of Male Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

Barry McCarthy

Danielle M. Cohn

Ch. 10: Evaluation of Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder

Cindy M. Meston

Amelia M. Stanton

Ch. 11: Treatment of Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder

Cindy M. Meston

Amelia M. Stanton

Ch. 12: Evaluation of Erectile Disorder

Ahmed I. El-Sakka

Ch. 13: Treatment of Erectile Disorder

Ezzat A. Ismail

Ahmed I. El-Sakka

Ch. 14: Evaluation of Female Orgasmic Disorder

Stuart Brody

Ch. 15: Treatment of Female Orgasmic Disorder

Margaret Redelman

Ch. 16: Evaluation of Delayed Ejaculation

David L. Rowland

Ch. 17: Treatment of Delayed Ejaculation

Michael J. Butcher

Ege Can Serefoglu

Ch. 18: Evaluation of Premature Ejaculation

Marcel D. Waldinger

Ch. 19: Treatment of Premature Ejaculation

Marcel D. Waldinger

Ch. 20: Evaluation of Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder

Alessandra Graziottin

Dania Gambini

Ch. 21: Treatment of Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder

Andrea Rapkin

Salome Masghati

Tamara Grisales

Ch. 22: Evaluation and Treatment of Sexual Disorders due to Medical

Conditions

Alexander Joseph Steiner

Waguih William IsHak

Ch. 23: Evaluation and Treatment of Substance/Medication-Induced Sexual

Dysfunction

Richard Balon

Ch. 24: Evaluation and Treatment of Hypersexual Disorder and

Other Sexual Dysfunctions

Waguih William IsHak

PART III: SPECIAL TOPICS IN SEXUAL MEDICINE

Ch. 25: Myths About Sexual Health

Irene Maria Lopez Garcia

Nicolas Mendoza Ladron de Guevara

Ch. 26: Sex and Pharmacological Sexual Enhancement

Thomas Parisi

Robert N. Pechnick

Waguih William IsHak

Ch. 27: Sex and Natural Sexual Enhancement: Sexual Techniques, Aphrodisiac

Foods, and Nutraceuticals

Waguih William IsHak

Steven Clevenger

Robert N. Pechnick

Thomas Parisi

Ch. 28: Sex and Sexual Orientation

Maria Manuela Peixoto

Ch. 29: Sex and the Heart

Anjali Chandra

Almaz Borjoev

Ernst R. Schwarz

Ch. 30: Sex and Cancer

Erica Marchand

Andrea Bradford

Ch. 31: Sex and Chronic Physical Illness

Marika Hess

Trisha A. Hicks

Sigmund Hough

Ch. 32: Sex and Chronic Psychiatric Illness

Anna Klimowicz

Adriana Janicic

Waguih William IsHak

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Ch. 33: Sexual Emergencies

Asbasia A. Mikhail

Ch. 34: Sex and Quality of Life

Jared Matt Greenberg

Kyle P. Smith

Tae Y. Kim

Lancer Naghdechi

Waguih William IsHak

Ch. 35: Alternative Medicine Approaches in Sexual Medicine

Lucy Postolov

Ch. 36: Future Directions in Sexual Medicine

Albert Aboseif

Waguih William IsHak

APPENDIX I: Rating Scales

APPENDIX II: Evaluation and Treatment Algorithms