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At some point in life, almost all men and women have a problem with sexual functioning. If you are looking for solutions to sexual problems, this workbook can help. You may use it in conjunction with visits to a qualified mental health professional or on your own, with or without your partner.

This workbook gives you correct information about sex and offers information, advice, and practical suggestions for common sexual problems. From this book, you will learn to improve and enjoy your sexual relations. Divided into three parts, this workbook presents a comprehensive program for solving sexual problems. Part I includes basic information that is helpful for understanding sexual problems and sexual functioning in general. Part II addresses specific sexual problems and provides information and strategies to alleviate and overcome them. Finally, Part III focuses on information and strategies to help you maintain the gains you've made.Exercises for couples, chapter review quizzes, and user-friendly worksheets can be found throughout the workbook and will help you increase your knowledge and understanding of sex and sexual relationships.

The information presented is based on research and has helped thousands of people like you, and their partners, solve sexual problems and prevent them from occurring again. ... Read more

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Practical, and informative
I found this book both practical and informative, though a bit limited in the amount of theory. It covers the main pathologies behind male sexual dysfunction from a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective. ... Read more

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This comprehensive and compassionate book covers everything women need to know about the natural and treatable effects of perimenopause, the changes that occur in the decade before menopause. Steven R. Goldstein, M.D., one of Americas foremost authorities on perimenopause, clearly explains what women can expect when their estrogen levels begin to fluctuate and describes the natural remedies and state-of-the-art medical treatments that can give women the upper hand.Amazon.com Review
The decade before menopause, says Dr. Stephen R. Goldstein, isa time of profound change--both physically and emotionally--yet manywomen don't realize this. They may try to ignore subtle-to-bothersomesymptoms such as erratic menstruation, "free-floating anxiety,inability to concentrate," forgetfulness, weight gain, sexualdifficulties, and insomnia, when they could be effectively treatingthese problems. Unfortunately, not all doctors recognize perimenopauseor know how to treat its symptoms, which may lead them to discountpatients' complaints, or worse, suggest unnecessarytreatments--including hysterectomies. That's where Could It Be... Perimenopause? can help.

In clear, supportive prose,Goldstein offers no-baloney advice. "Today's perimenopausal women hasneither the time nor the patience to go through four to fifteen yearsof symptoms without relief," he says. He fully delineates the roles ofvarious hormones, how to determine if you're in perimenopause or not,as well as how to treat the various symptoms to gain control over yourlife. He's a big advocate of low- and ultra-low-dose birth-controlpills: "There is nothing inherently advantageous about bursting thecapsule of your ovary and having to repair it each month. There's noreason for having fluctuating levels of hormones floating aroundunless you want to have a baby." He also recommends some natural andherbal treatments (he tells which ones are more appropriate formenopausal or postmenopausal women, and which are worthless or evendangerous). He's also a big promoter of sonohysterography, a type ofultrasound test that he says could prevent up to three-fourths of allemergency-room visits made by women with excessive uterinebleeding.

With added resources, including URLs for recommendednewsgroups, Web sites, and medical databases, along with informationabout the very latest in treatments (such as crinone, a naturalprogesterone gel), Goldstein's created an enormously beneficialreference for both women and health-care providers who could stand tobrush up on this topic. ... Read more

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Why couldn't a doctor have explained this years ago?
This book explained it all.I found out I've been in perimenopause for probably 7 years now and didn't know it.I kept up my GYN appts. once a year, and when I would mention night sweats years ago, she's tell me it was too soon.
The forgetfulness really had me wondering.I had just lost my mother in April 2009 and she had suffered toward the end with dementia.I kept thinking I was just over stressed taking care of her and dad and my husband.Trying to be a grandmom, wife, mother and caregiver and working full time.I would take a walk and think to myself that the old line was teenagers think they know everything.I thought, maybe they do.I know I was a lot quicker with figures, etc. when I was in my teens and twentys.Now, thanks to this book, it all makes sense.I may not like the whole aging process, heck, taking care of everyone, I've really had it "jambed down my throat, the good, the bad, and the ugly of it".But, at least, I have a "reason" for it.Oh, and I'm 49 years old.I'll be 50 in June 2010.It isn't too early.Now, I'm going to find a new GYN that actually listens to me and takes me serious.My regular physician ran my bloodwork upon request after I got this book, and shazam, batman, my hormones are all over the place.
I wished I'd gotten this book 5 years ago.

Every woman should know . . .
This book had a lot of great information on what changes take place in woman's body in the years just before menopause referred to as perimenopause and what can be done to alleviate some of the more bothersome symptoms. It will put your mind at ease with what you may be going through and having a difficult time with. I would recommend this book.

Say "no" to perimenopause
Perimenopause is a marketing construct, intended to sell drugs, books and other products by instilling self-doubt and insecurity. Resist the effort to pathologize everything about women's bodies.

Thorough Job
I really liked this book's approach to the subject matter.I found a lot of information in here that was helpful and timely.This book is a keeper for my home library.

Too Drastic, Too Closed Minded
Well, as one of the previous reviewers said, there were just too many things about this book that were not to like.When you're on a mission of trying to discover "what's happening," you need facts uncluttered by opinion, etc.Would not recommend. ... Read more

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The second edition of this ABC is a comprehensive and newly updated presentation of this important, but difficult subject. This edition takes in new subject areas, including transvestism, lesbianism, HIV and cybersex. It offers explicit guidance on dealing with patients with sexual problems, from taking a sexual history to the physical and psychological issues associated with sexual relationships, including infertility, pregnancy and ageing.

Written by leading authorities in the field of sexual health, this book will be a valuable resource for general practitioners, nurses, sexual therapists, students, and all doctors not trained in the speciality. ... Read more

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In recent years, the work of Kinsey, Masters and Johnson, and other investigators has led to tremendous advances in our understanding of human sexuality. This increased understanding is currently being translated into innovative new approaches to the treatment of sexually dysfunctional men and women, with often dramatic results in relieving the distressing sexual symptoms of countless individuals who were formerly beyond help, even with years of costly psychotherapy.

Now a noted psychiatrist and specialist in the new sex therapy describes for the first time the new treatment of the sexual dysfunctions, providing a clear picture of the entire process of treatment, as well as conceptualizing the theory underlying it. The author's method is unique in that it represents an integration of psychoanalytic and sex therapy techniques. It treats the couple on an outpatient basis and is applicable to office practice, as well; it focuses on relief of the sexual problem and attaining improved sexual functioning; and it is multicausal and eclectic in orientation-combining psychoanalytic and learning theories and techniques through the integration of assigned sexual tasks (which the couple conducts at home) with conjoint psychotherapeutic sessions in the doctor's office. Treatment is usually brief, requiring only six to fifteen visits for most couples.

This comprehensive volume covers the anatomy and physiology of the sexual response, including the role of hormones and the brain (with 13 anatomical and schematic illustrations); the biological and psychological causes of sexual dysfunction; and the basic principles and procedures of sex therapy.

Discarding the pejorative terms "impotence" and "frigidity," the author classifies the six major sexual dysfunctions as: in Men -- Erectile Dysfunction, Premature Ejaculation, and Retarded Ejaculation; in Women -- General Sexual Dysfunction, Orgastic Dysfunction, and Vaginismus. For each of these, the author describes the immediate and deeper causes, the specific sexual tasks assigned, the therapist/couple interaction in the therapeutic sessions, and the results of treatment. Thirty-nine detailed case studies supplement the text, and seven drawings by internationally-known artist Betty Dodson illustrate the sexual tasks most frequently prescribed.

Another major contribution of this volume is a group of tables showing the effects on male and female sexuality of a broad spectrum of drugs and physical illnesses. The interrelationship of sexual dysfunction and marital discord, contraindications for sex therapy, the handling of psychiatric disorders in patient or partner, and the qualifications of sex therapists are among the many ramifications of the new sex therapy which are analyzed by Dr. Kaplan.

Evidence now suggests," she says, "that sexual problems, while they may of course be manifestations of profound emotional disturbance or mental_illness, are not invariably so, but also commonly occur in persons who function well in other areas and have no other psychological symptoms....For many patients the new brief forms of intervention are far more effective than the traditional psychiatric approaches."

In sum, this is a comprehensive and highly professional volume which places treatment of the sexual dysfunctions on a solid, scientific basis. ... Read more

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great book!
This was one of my textbooks in graduate school. This book is informative, well rounded and clinically sound. I was impressed by the shear scope of this book. It dealt with both male and female sexual arousal anddysfunction. It spoke to etiological concerns as well as types oftreatments and their effectiveness. It dealt with the cerebral localizationand neural pathways of the sexual response. This book is rightly used as atextbook. It is ambitious in scope, thoroughly researched and should beconsidered the watermark. (I know it sounds like an ad, but no kidding!) ... Read more

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In therapy, as in the world at large, sexuality is different from other issues because of the culturally imposed secrecy and shame that inhibit open, non-defended talk about it. Anne Stirling Hastings, Ph.D., who specializes in treating the overlapping sexual problems of abuse, addiction, and dysfunction, encourages clinicians to recognize and overcome their own shame as a precondition to eliciting and advancing their clients' awareness. The need to heal from sexual shame, both cultural and idiosyncratic, underlies the healing of all other forms of sexual distress, dysfunction, abuse, and addiction. In people inhibited from experiencing natural interest in/arousal by a partner, shame makes imperatives of fantasy and pornography and leads to the linkage of sex with things non-sexual. Masturbation, homosexuality, the unconventional paraphilias,here dubbed "cross-wirings," and the dynamics of flirtations, jealousy, and extramarital affairs, all get a new look through Dr. Hastings' lens of shame as concomitant cause and effect of sexual behaviors. Case histories animate her salutary and unusually accessible corrective. ... Read more

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Too Basic and Too Politically Correct
I was expecting a book that would be more detailed. I was hoping to find new information on a highly overlooked subject. Instead what I found was a book written for a certain audience. I could not help but feel that this audience, is the very same audience, that enjoys the agendas that are shoved down our throats by marketing departments and television program directors.

This is a topic (shame research) that is becoming important within the psychological community for good reason. Shame, we are discovering, is playing a much larger part in our lives than we had currently estimated.

I was hoping this text would have some examples of the latest findings within the field of shame research, but I was disappointed.

I do not consider this author an authority. I consider this author a writer of popular culture....I found many of her comments to be shame-based. Particularly the comments that reflect current sexual counseling techniques, practiced by specialists, like our author.

I would also like to mention that this book contains little regarding treatment. I feel this is a good thing considering the lack of real knowledge on the subject written.

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Interesting but subjective and anecdotal
Well written and readable with good case vignettes and courageous use ofthe writer's autobiography. It is apparently directed at other therapistsbut offers some embarassingly (now why did I pick that word?)elementaryinformation about such matters as anatomy, so that at times she seems to beaddressing a general readership. She is uncritical about some of hersources eg "Acupuncture directly works on the energy channels"and disdains statistical evidence. There is an index and references but noattempt to completely review the literature and other viewpoints aredismissed without full evaluation. On the whole I would recommend it toanyone working in the field but would want a neophyte to read a few otherrhings.

Relevent for therapists dealing with any aspect of sexuality
This is a useful book in the evolving dialogue that reflects the level of wisdom emerging in the field of sexuality recovery.Hastings addresses theoverlapping fields of sex therapy, sex abuse recovery, and sex addictionrecovery, noting how therapists in one field may have only passingknowledge of the others.Hastings continues her championing of liberationfrom shame as the key to growth in all of these related areas.As shesuccinctly writes, "shame needs to be elicited so that it can bedischarged", and examples of this approach are abundant.She makesgood sense in describing the unhealthy culture in which our repressions andaddictions take root."Healing sexuality is far more than healingsexual problems", and the author gives numerous examples of distortedthinking and goals in sexual expression.Helpful analysis of flirting andjealousy highlight the maturity of Hastings' approach.Sometimes this bookseems directed for clients, other times for therapists.The specificchapters detailing clinical issues (countertransference, arousal in thetherapeutic setting, limit setting, therapist self-exploration and healing,for example) make this a particularly useful book for all counselors. There are quite a few case vignettes and examples of therapist questions touse with clients.A solid and admirable work that will benefit manytherapists and the clients they serve. ... Read more

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Dr Andrew Rynne has many years experience in helping younger men overcome their erecctile dysfunction. The first step in this process is understanding your problem in the first place. In this easy to follow book you will be able to quickly diagnose you particular problem and will be led in a step by step fashion to a solution. ... Read more

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Pelvic Organ Dysfunction in Neurological Disease describes the neurological control of human bladder, bowel and sexual function and then details the dysfunctions which may arise as a consequence of various neurological diseases. Easy to read, the book will be of value to any healthcare professional managing patients in whom pelvic organ functions have been compromised by neurological disease. The book provides a structured approach to present day understanding of the neurological control of pelvic organs and the investigation and management of each type of organ dysfunction. A unique feature of this book is that it addresses the impact of specific neurological disorders on all three functions. The authors have all been associated with the Department of Uro-Neurology at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London since it was established 20 years ago. This book is a timely review of their accumulated knowledge and the latest literature. ... Read more

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Sexual dysfunction presents a major challenge to physicians who take on the task of treating men with prostate cancer. While curing the disease and saving a life is paramount, improving technologies and therapies offer skilled surgeons and clinical oncologists the opportunity to eradicate the disease without compromising sexual function. In Sexual Function of the Prostate Cancer Patient, John Mulhall and a panel of internationally recognized experts on prostate cancer and sexual function assess in detail the current state of prostate cancer treatment. The authors offer a broad overview of the pathophysiology and treatment of erectile dysfunction in men with prostate cancer, reviewing the latest findings regarding erection-sparing radiation therapy and sexual function outcomes after laparascopic and robotic prostatectomy. Additional chapters discuss intra-operative maneuvers to minimize post-operative erectile dysfunction and pharmacologic penile preservation and rehabilitation. Timely and authoritative, Sexual Function in the Prostate Cancer Patient is a highly readable guide to preserving post-prostate cancer sexual function that no urologist or radiation and medical oncologist should be without.

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Sexual Function in the Prostate Cancer Patient (Current Clinical Urology)
I was deeply interested in the contents, because I noticed a lot of news in this area. ... Read more

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This book explains, in simple layman's language, what ejaculatory incompetence is all about and how you might be able to fix it. The author has 30 years experience in dealing with this problem in his patients. You can benifit from that today. ... Read more

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This book explains, in simple layman's language, what ejaculatory incompetence is all about and how you might be able to fix it. The author has 30 years experience in dealing with this problem in his patients. You can benifit from that today. ... Read more

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Vaginismus or involuntary spasm of your vaginal muscles is the commonest sexual difficulty to be experienced by women around the world. In general it is poorly understood and treated. Yet it is always curable.
This book will guide you, spet by step, in an easy to understand format, through the maze that Vaginismus can become. You will quickly and easily come to understand your particular problem. And once you understand it you will easily overcome it. ... Read more

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A finalist in the National Indie Excellence 2008 book awards, this book was written for anyone who suffers from sexual dysfunction, depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia (or cares for someone who does). Medicines for Mental Health is the first book to provide detailed and readable information about all psychiatric medications, and other medical treatments, for these mental illnesses. Medicines cuts through jargon, demystifies mental illness, and explains how treatments work. It goes beyond current fads to cover important medications you need to know about, including many that will be new to your doctor. ... Read more

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Review:Medicines for Mental Health, author Kevin Thompson Ph.D.
Kevin Thompson wrote Medicines For Mental Health, The Ultimate Guide to Psychiatric Medication because the book needed to be written and read by those of us who are experiencing some form of mental illness.Those of us who experience depression and other forms of mental illness typically go to psychiatrists for help.Psychiatrists prescribe drugs to assist us in living our daily lives.The selection of the appropriate drug with the appropriate dose to fit each individual is as much an art as it is a science.Many times questions remain unanswered.

Drugs used to treat mental illness affect the patient's entire life.First, there are a number of drugs to choose from, each may or may not be effective for a particular individual at a specified dose, and each has potential side effects.Many of the drugs take time to become effective.Second, each patient must become an active participant in their own therapy by observing and reporting their individual response to the drug. Highly intelligent people, typical victims of depression and other forms of mental illnesses, often have creative jobs.Certain medications can destroy an individual's ability to think, perform as a professional, interfere with personal relationship, inhibit a person's sexual performance, or simply make it impossible to stay awake.This book provides information to the patient, and perhaps their loved ones, on how an individual can observe, understand and participate in his own treatment.

The author has organized the information in such a way that a patient can locate a disorder, identified the drugs typically prescribed to treat that disorder, gather information regarding doses and periods of effectiveness, and become aware of the possible side effects.The information in the book is not exhaustive from a medical viewpoint.However, it provides useful information for the patient, information either not discussed or covered too quickly by the psychiatrists.

J. F. Skipper Ph.D.

A Roadmap to the Mental Illness Medical Treatment Process
This is a very useful book for anyone with a family member or close friend being treated for depression, particularly if they went through a couple of different treatment options before finding one that worked - or if they are going through that process right now.

It was enlightening to find out that identical depression symptoms can result from different problems in brain chemistry and that there are different classes of anti-depressants distinguished by how they affect brain chemistry, e.g., Monoamine Oxidase inhibitors versus reuptake inhibitors.Once the right class of anti-depressants is identified for an individual, the next step becomes a search for the medicine with the side effects that the individual tolerates best.

This book provides a roadmap to a treatment process that can otherwise seem bewildering or random.With this book as a reference, it doesn't have to be either.Highly recommended.

Colourful Capsules of Mental Health Care
Kevin Thompson, Ph.D. has put together a
very user-friendly, well-organized and
infomative guide to current psychopharmacology.
Symptoms of mental illness, most appropriate
medications, side effects and their profiles,
are described in a succinct and comprehensive
style.I would describe the guide as elegant.

For my particular interest in lithium, I was
very pleased to read the Q-T cardiac prolongation
side effect warning, that lacks priority in may
other medical guides I have read.

I am very happy to have this guide in my collection.
It is great for the layman with a very considerate
Glossary of psychiatric terms in the final chapter.

Squiggles

Book was free
This guy claims to be a bipolar person.He is a member of a sexist Usenet Group "BEEPERS PEEPERS" where he is a manager of the group.The group is known for banishing people who exhibit extreme bipolar condition and who are resistant to psychotropic medications.

The book was originally written under the name "Nom de Plume" by his user name "Nom de Plume."At best, this guy is a quack and the book should be avoided at all costs especially since its predecessor could be found FREE in the Usenet community.

Oh, and by the way "He's a rocket scientists!"Do you want someone who is so brash in describing oneself to be giving you advice on drugs that are being pushed by drug companies OFTEN indifferent to a patients needs and condition?

Go to GOOGLE GROUPS and search for him "Nom de plume" before you buy and decide for yourself!

Nothing like it out there...
As a Neuropsychiatrist, I find this book has it all - and in a simple to understand, concise and organized way.Whether you're a consumer looking to learn more about what your physician is prescribing, or a health care provider, this should be a "must have".It puts many of us "professionals" to shame.You can also see my comments in the book - but suffice it to say that if you want to learn more about psychotropic medications, this should be your first stop. ... Read more

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Sexual function is a critical part of a woman's psychological and physical well-being. For the first time ever, an entire issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North American is devoted to this important subject. Topics will include normal female sexual function, categories of female sexual dysfunction, epidemiology and risk factors for female sexual dysfunction, taking a sexual history, hypoactive sexual desire disorder, dyspareunia, orgasmic disorders, female androgen insufficiency, sex therapy and counseling, testosterone therapy, and sexual function after gynecological cancer. ... Read more

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Erectile dysfunction affects the sexual performance, personal relationships, and self-esteem of millions of American men. Although the causes of erectile dysfunction vary, it is a significant side effect of many antihypertensive drugs and consequently is a major reason for noncompliance with therapy. This article reviews the mechanics of male sexual function and dysfunction, particularly in conjunction with hypertension and antihypertensive therapy, and discusses available treatment options. ... Read more

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This book addresses the conflict and suffering experienced by the believing Christian who find themselves, or someone they love, being confronted with unwanted same sex attraction. The bible tells the believer they need not be brought under the dominion of any foreign thing. If a way of life, thought pattern or propensity is unwanted, it is an unwelcomed foreigner. There is release available for the Christian believing on the delivering power of the shed blood of Jesus Christ. The premise of this book is to stress the dominion held by the believer when he or she appropriates the finished work obtained by the shed blood of Jesus Christ, freeing them to serve the only true and living God. All predispositions were addressed at the cross; every disease, sickness, infirmity, emotional or personality disorder must yield because Jesus conquered them, paying the price for the release of Gods people from those tormentors. True freedom can be realized only when the believer knows his or her authority and exercises it in faith. This book is not for the individual happy with his or her alternate lifestyle. Additionally it is not written to disparage any person or group of people, it is written to and for those who are conflicted in thoughts and feelings they have that are distinctly contrary to what is written in the bible,and want to know what they can do about it. ... Read more

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Title: Testosterone for 6 weeks helps some women with sexual dysfunction. (Monitor Free Testosterone).
Author: Kate Johnson
Publication: Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2002
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 30Issue: 12Page: 36(1)

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This digital document is an article from Internal Medicine News, published by International Medical News Group on February 1, 2004. The length of the article is 593 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Sexual dysfunction common in women on antidepressants: least likely with bupropion.(Clinical Rounds)
Author: Michele G. Sullivan
Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 37Issue: 3Page: 33(1)

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