Full Description
This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of the intersection of male and female reproductive and sexual health. The text comprehensively discusses the evaluation and management of physical, genetic, and psychological causes of male and female sexual dysfunction. Discussion of treatment focuses on current medical and surgical psychosexual therapies in both the male and female. The book highlights erectile, ejaculatory, and orgasmic disorders in the male; desire, arousal and orgasmic disorders in the female; and an integrated approach to the couple. Lifestyle modifications through diet and exercise and optimization of anthropomorphic characteristics are also discussed, including a holistic approach to these disorders that goes beyond a focus on the genital system alone.
Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women: An Interdisciplinary Approach serves as a resource for physicians and researchers interested in sexual medicine seeking a comprehensive overview of the practice and novel research in the field.
Contents
Introduction: Advocating for Transdisciplinary Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction.- Employing a Biopsychosocial Behavioral and Cultural Approach.- Why is Sex Important?.- The Impact of the Environment on Sexual Health.- Multicultural Sensitivity in the Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction.- Anatomy and Physiology of Erection, Ejaculation, and Orgasm.- Urologic and Clinical Evaluation of the Male with Erectile Dysfunction.- Urologic/Clinical Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction.- The Impact of Lifestyle Modification on Erectile Dysfunction.- Erectile Dysfunction in the Setting of Prostate Cancer.- Peyronie's Disease and Other Anatomical Disorders.- The Future of Erectile Dysfunction Therapy I - Implementation of Translational Research.- The Future of Erectile Dysfunction Therapy II - Novel Pharmacotherapy and Innovative Technology.- Underlying Principles in Ejaculatory and Orgasmic Function and Dysfunction in the Male.- Clinical evaluation and treatment of disorders of ejaculation.- Evaluation and Treatment of Orgasmic Dysfunction.- Hypoactive Sexual Desire in Men.- Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy in the Treatment of Sexual Dysfunctions.- The Female Sexual Response: Anatomy and Physiology of Sexual Desire, Arousal, and Orgasm in Women.- Diagnosis of Female Sexual Dysfunction.- The Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder. Causes of HSDD: Situational, depression, drugs, chronic illnesses, and hormonal depletion.- Management of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD).- Diagnosis and Management of Female Sexual Arousal Disorder.- Diagnosis and Management of Female Orgasmic Disorder.- Vaginismus: When Genito-Pelvic Pain /Penetration Disorder Makes Intercourse Seem Impossible.- Diagnosis and Management of Sexual Pain Disorder: Dyspareunia.- New Concepts in the Understanding of Female Sexual Dysfunction.- Female Sexual Dysfunction and Cancer.- Female Sexual Dysfunction and Premature Menopause with focus on women's wording.- Female SexualDysfunction and Infertility.- Female Sexual Dysfunction: Impact of the Life Cycle (Pregnancy, Children and Aging).- It Takes Two to Tango: Evaluation and Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction in the Couple.- Infertility and Sexual Dysfunction (SD) in the Couple.- Couples Therapy and Counseling.- The Intersection of Sexually Transmitted Infection and Sexual Disorders in the Couple.- Epilogue: Cautiously Optimistic For The Future of A Transdisciplinary Sexual Medicine.
