INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOSEXUAL MEDICINE. 3RD EDITION

• PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. The Institute of Psychosexual Medicine Approach to Psychosexual Medicine as Practised by Health Professionals
2. Identifying and Managing Problems in Different Settings
3. When Bodies Speak: Psychosomatic Illness as Hidden Communication
4. Talking about Sex
• PART II: PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY
5. Physical Aspects of the Sex Response
6. Psychological Background to Psychosexual Medicine
7. Interaction of Mind and Body in Psychosexual Medicine
8. Physical Treatments for Sexual Problems
9. Sex and Disability
• PART III: SKILLS
10. Basic Communication Skills: The Here and Now/There and Then
11. Defences in the Consultation: Developing Interpretative Skills
12. The Psychosexual Genital Examination
• PART IV: APPLYING THE SKILLS TO THE PROBLEM
13. Vaginismus and Non-Consummation
14. Female Sexual Desire
15. Erectile Dysfunction
16. Ejaculation Disorders
17. Problems with Female Orgasm
18. Sexual Pain Disorders
19. Tocophobia
20. Psychosexual Aspects of Sexual Preference and Gender Identity Issues
21. Internet Pornography: Addiction or Sexual Dysfunction?
22. Non-Consensual Sex and Psychosexual Problems
23. Vaginal Dysmorphia
24. Psychosexual Problems Approaching the End of Life
• PART V: EFFECTIVENESS, SERVICES AND TRAINING
25. Measuring Efficacy in Psychosexual Medicine
26. Services
27. Training in Psychosexual Medicine

This authoritative text for those training in Sexual Medicine now returns in a new edition that builds on what clinicians found most useful in the previous editions - physical and psychological background knowledge and all relevant treatments, combined with psychological therapies, principles, and case examples applied to common problems.