Description
Book SynopsisSexuality is an integral part of gender identity, self-image, and overall well-being. Sexual dysfunctions present in all cultures and ethnicities around the world. Sexual problems have an especially high prevalence among patients with psychiatric syndromes—yet, in recent years, the field of psychiatry has shifted away from the treatment of sexual disorders. Clinical Manual of Sexual Disorders is the first comprehensive text in decades to address the management and treatment of sexual dysfunctions and disorders. Using a conceptual model that incorporates biological, psychological, and cultural interventions as its guiding principle, the book explores and evaluates the epidemiology of sexual disorders and paraphilias, sexual dysfunctions with comorbid psychiatric disorders, sexual problems associated with various medications, and sexual disorders in specific patient populations.
Written by 25 contributing clinical specialists from around the world, the text combines conceptual shifts within the field of human sexuality with the latest research findings into a practical three-part volume. The first four chapters cover general areas relevant to the clinical understanding of human sexuality and sexual dysfunctions within the frame of psychiatry. The second part of the book outlines the major sexual dysfunctions, including male erectile disorder, female arousal disorder, premature ejaculation, and paraphilias. And the final chapters address the management of sexual issues in two unique patient populations that are often neglected in other textbooks—children and adolescents and older adults.
The book includes several unique features to further enhance learner retention
• Tables, charts, figures, and illustrations to enhance the reading material
• Evaluations, questionnaires and other patient materials
• Take-away points on key clinical issues at the end of each chapter
• Case examples from the authors' own practices
• References for further reading
Restoration of sexual function can improve the quality of life for many individuals with and without psychiatric disorders, making recognition and treatment of sexual problems of utmost importance to any general psychiatric practice. As the only text of its kind, Clinical Manual of Sexual Disorders provides a concise, clinically-oriented biopsychosocial guide to the management and treatment of sexual dysfunction that is appropriate for all psychiatric, clinical, and educational settings.
Trade ReviewAs a psychiatry resident, I found this book extremely helpful as the authors have successfully consolidated a great deal of information in a single, concise, and clinically oriented text which presents the necessary information and practical tools to better provide treatment of patients with sexual disorders. Before I got this book, I had accumulated a scattering of articles from various other texts and journals that were helpful, but not as complete or concise as this book.
-- Aaron Plattner, M.D. * Doody Enterprises, Inc. *
Table of ContentsContributors
Introduction
PART I: Assessment, Comorbidity, and Medication Effects
Chapter 1. Diagnosis, Epidemiology, and Course of Sexual Disorders
Chapter 2. Clinical Evaluation of Sexual Dysfunctions
Chapter 3. Sexual Disorders With Comorbid Psychiatric or Physical Illness
Chapter 4. Medications and Sexual Function and Dysfunction
PART II: Management of Sexual Disorders
Chapter 5. Disorders of Sexual Desire and Subjective Arousal in Women
Chapter 6. Male Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
Chapter 7. Female Sexual Arousal Disorders
Chapter 8. Male Erectile Disorder
Chapter 9. Female Orgasmic Disorder
Chapter 10. Delayed and Premature Ejaculation
Chapter 11. Dyspareunia and Vaginismus
Chapter 12. Paraphilic Disorders
PART III: Age-Related Sexual Issues
Chapter 13. Counseling Children, Adolescents, and Their Families About Sexual Issues
Chapter 14. Sexual Disorders in Elderly Patients
Index
