ABC of Sexual Health provides a comprehensive overview of this important, but difficult subject and includes reading resources as well as information on professional societies, patient groups and online resources.
Fully revised and expanded to cover a range of new content and topics including psychological, urological, gynaecological, endocrinological and psychiatric aspects of sexual health, the effects of medication, sexual dysfunction, sexual orientation, gender identity, paraphilias, forensic sexology, dermatoses, and psychosexual therapy and education.
ABC of Sexual Health is a practical guide for all general practitioners, family physicians, trainees and medical students wanting to improve communicating, examining and managing patients with sexual health problems.
About the ABC series
The new ABC series has been thoroughly updated, offering a fresh look, layout and features throughout, helping you to access information and deliver the best patient care. The newly designed books remain on essential reference tool for GPs, GP registrars, junior doctors and those in primary care, designed to address the concerns of general practitioners and provide effective study aids for doctors in training.
Now offering over 70 titles, this extensive series provides you with a quick and dependable reference on a range of topics in all the major specialties. Each book in the new series now offers links to further information and articles, and a new dedicated website provides you with even more support.
The ABC series is the essential and dependable source of up-to-dote information for all practitioners and students in general practice.
Table of Contents
Series Foreword vii
Contributors ix
1 Psychosexual Development 1
Brian Daines
2 Physical Aspects of Sexual Development 4
Woet L. Gianotten
3 Anatomy and Physiology in the Male 7
Roy J Levin
4 Anatomy and Physiology in the Female 12
Roy J Levin
5 The Sexual History and Formulation 16
Julie A. Fitter
6 The Clinical Examination of Men and Women 21
David Goldmeier
7 Male Dermatoses 24
Manu Shah and Chris Bunker
8 Female Dermatoses 30
Ruth Murphy
9 Investigation and Management of Endocrine Disorders Affecting Sexuality 34
T. Hugh Jones
10 Investigations in Sexual Medicine for Women and Men with Sexual Health Problems 38
Irwin Goldstein and KevanWylie
11 Definition and Diagnosis of Sexual Problems 43
Johannes Bitzer
12 Psychiatric Disorders and Sexuality (Including Trauma and Abuse) 47
Richard Balon
13 Medication and Sexual Dysfunction 51
John Dean
14 Problems of Sexual Desire in Men 55
Yacov Reisman and Francesca Tripodi
15 Problems of Sexual Desire and Arousal in Women 59
Lori A. Brotto and Ellen T.M. Laan
16 Erectile Dysfunction 68
Geoffrey Hackett
17 Problems of Ejaculation and Orgasm in the Male 73
Marcel D. Waldinger
18 Problems of Orgasm in the Female 77
Sharon J. Parish
19 Sexual Pain Disorders–Male and Female 81
Melissa A. Farmer, Seth Davis and Yitzchak M. Binik
20 Ageing and Sexuality 86
Alison K.Wood and Ross Runciman
21 Paraphilia Behaviour and Disorders 90
KevanWylie
22 Impulsive/Compulsive Sexual Behaviour 93
Eli Coleman
23 Forensic Sexology 96
Don Grubin
24 Ethnic and Cultural Aspects of Sexuality 101
Sara Nasserzadeh
25 Concerns Arising from Sexual Orientation, Practices and Behaviours 104
Dominic Davies
26 Gender Dysphoria and Transgender Health 108
Lin Fraser and Gail A. Knudson
27 Psychosexual Therapy and Couples Therapy 112
Trudy Hannington
28 Bibliotherapy and Internet-based Programmes for Sexual Problems 118
Jacques van Lankveld and Fraukje E.F. Mevissen
29 Sexual Pleasure 121
Sue Newsome
Index 125
