Sexual Dysfunction: A Guide for Assessment and Treatment

✍ Scribed by John P. Wincze, Risa B. Weisberg

• Publisher: Guilford Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 242
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Highly regarded as a course text and practitioner resource, this book presents concise intervention guidelines for the most frequently encountered sexual dysfunctions in women and men. Following a consistent format, chapters on each clinical problem cover its description, clinical presentation, prevalence, etiology, and biological and psychosocial factors. Illustrative case examples of diverse individuals and couples are included. The authors provide a state-of-the-art framework for conducting comprehensive assessments, weaving multiple data sources into a coherent case formulation, and planning effective treatment that integrates medical and psychosocial strategies.

New to This Edition
Incorporates major advances in both sexual medicine and psychotherapy.
Extensively rewritten, with all-new case material throughout.
New chapter organization aligned with DSM-5.
Expanded coverage of biopsychosocial assessment.
Discusses pseudoscientific and sham treatments.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Half Title Page......Page 3
Title Page......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
About the Authors......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
1. Overview......Page 13
New Medical Developments......Page 14
New Developments Outside of Medicine......Page 16
The Current Diagnostic Scheme......Page 18
Prevalence of the Sexual Dysfunctions......Page 21
Etiology of the Sexual Dysfunctions......Page 22
Assessment and Treatment......Page 23
Case Illustrations as Used in This Book......Page 25
Part I. The Sexual Dysfunctions......Page 27
Description and Clinical Presentation......Page 29
Etiology......Page 31
Case Example: Erectile Dysfunction in First and Second Marriages......Page 39
Description and Clinical Presentation......Page 41
Etiology......Page 43
Case Example: Female Orgasmic Disorder......Page 47
Description and Clinical Presentation......Page 50
Prevalence......Page 52
Etiology......Page 53
Case Example: Delayed Ejaculation......Page 55
Description and Clinical Presentation......Page 58
Prevalence......Page 61
Etiology......Page 62
Case Example: Premature (Early) Ejaculation Contributing to Erectile Dysfunction......Page 63
Description and Clinical Presentation......Page 65
Prevalence......Page 68
Etiology......Page 69
Case Example: Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder......Page 72
Description and Clinical Presentation......Page 75
Prevalence......Page 77
Etiology......Page 79
Case Example: Male Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder......Page 82
Description and Clinical Presentation......Page 84
Prevalence......Page 86
Etiology......Page 88
Case Example: Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder......Page 92
Description and Classification Issues......Page 95
Medications/Substances Commonly Associated with Sexual Dysfunction......Page 97
Case Example: Antidepressant-Induced Delayed Ejaculation......Page 101
Part II. Assessment of Sexual Dysfunction......Page 105
Background of the Model......Page 107
The Assessment Model......Page 108
What Nonphysicians Need to Know......Page 114
Common Ingredients of All Biomedical Assessment Procedures......Page 115
Overview of Assessment......Page 119
Step-by-Step Details of Interviewing: Sessions 1 and 2......Page 122
Conjoint Interview and Case Formulation: Session 3......Page 130
Common Perceptions and Reactions to Sexual Problems......Page 132
Self-Report Questionnaires......Page 133
Integrating Multiple Data Sources into a Coherent Case Formulation......Page 135
Special Considerations in Assessment......Page 138
Concluding Comments......Page 142
Part III. Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction......Page 145
Common Medical Strategies for Treatment of Men and Women......Page 147
Specific Biomedical Treatment for Men with Hypoactive Desire Disorder and Erectile Dysfunction......Page 149
Specific Biomedical Treatment for Women......Page 153
Determining the Existence of Comorbid Conditions......Page 156
Overview of Therapy......Page 158
Common Ingredients for the Psychosocial Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction......Page 163
Specialized Procedures for Specific Disorders......Page 173
Working with Couples......Page 183
Working with Individuals without Partners......Page 184
Part IV. Other Important Concerns......Page 195
15. The Placebo Effect and Nonscientific Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction......Page 197
Why Are People Susceptible to the Use of Unproven Medical Treatment?......Page 198
Unscientific Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction......Page 199
What Should Practitioners Do about Unfounded Sexual Medicine Beliefs?......Page 201
Further Training and Continued Development......Page 202
Starting a Sex Therapy Practice......Page 207
Concluding Comments......Page 212
References......Page 213
Index......Page 237

✦ Subjects

Sex Therapy