3rd Edition
Introduction to Psychosexual Medicine Third Edition
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.
Contributors
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. The Institute of Psychosexual Medicine Approach to Psychosexual Medicine as Practised by Health Professionals
Margaret Denman
2. Identifying and Managing Problems in Different Settings
Margaret Denman
3. When Bodies Speak: Psychosomatic Illness as Hidden Communication
Sandy Goldbeck-Wood
4. Talking about Sex
Catherine Hood
PART II: PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY
5. Physical Aspects of the Sex Response
Ian K. Walsh
6. Psychological Background to Psychosexual Medicine
Caroline Hunter
7. Interaction of Mind and Body in Psychosexual Medicine
Caroline Hunter
8. Physical Treatments for Sexual Problems
Nicola Carter
9. Sex and Disability
Nichola Chater
PART III: SKILLS
10. Basic Communication Skills: The Here and Now/There and Then
Gillian Vanhegan
11. Defences in the Consultation: Developing Interpretative Skills
Andrew Stainer-Smith
12. The Psychosexual Genital Examination
Jasmin Khan-Singh
PART IV: APPLYING THE SKILLS TO THE PROBLEM
13. Vaginismus and Non-Consummation
Claudine Domoney
14. Female Sexual Desire
Annie Hawkins
15. Erectile Dysfunction
Catherine Coulson
16. Ejaculation Disorders
Gareth Hughes
17. Problems with Female Orgasm
Fiona Cowan
18. Sexual Pain Disorders
Nikki M.W. Lee and Leila C.G. Frodsham
19. Tocophobia
Leila C.G. Frodsham
20. Psychosexual Aspects of Sexual Preference and Gender Identity Issues
Susan V. Carr
21. Internet Pornography: Addiction or Sexual Dysfunction?
Catherine White
22. Non-Consensual Sex and Psychosexual Problems
Sally Soodeen
23. Vaginal Dysmorphia
Clare Gribbin
24. Psychosexual Problems Approaching the End of Life
Marian Davis
PART V: EFFECTIVENESS, SERVICES AND TRAINING
25. Measuring Efficacy in Psychosexual Medicine
Philipa A. Brough
26. Services
Philipa A. Brough
27. Training in Psychosexual Medicine
Jasmin Khan-Singh
Index
Biography
Dr Philipa A Brough is a Member of the Institute of Psychosexual Medicine (IPM) and Fellow of the FSRH. She graduated from Manchester University and works as a Consultant in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Warrington integrated Sexual Health where she is the Psychosexual lead. She has also worked as an examiner for the MFSRH and co-written the RCOG training tutorial in Psychosexual Medicine. She is an IPM seminar leader, examiner and training committee member.
Dr Margaret Denman is a Member of the IPM. She is a retired GP from Oxford who has also worked in Family Planning, Menopause Clinics, and latterly a Forensic Psychiatry Unit. She has had an interest in Psychosexual Medicine for many years and has seen patients in a variety of settings, both in the hospital and the community. She has edited the IPMJ and is currently an examiner and seminar leader for the IPM.
You come away … with greater understanding of the pathophysiological underpinnings of illnesses and conditions, the psychosexual impact these can have …, and the ways in which psychosexual medicine can help.
- BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health
