Sexual Disorders: Perspectives on Diagnosis and Treatment

by Fagan, Peter J.

• ISBN13: 9780801875267
• ISBN10: 0801875269
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PRESS

Summary

Sexual disorders may arise from multiple causes. Their clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment must take into account the patient's underlying biology, history, and behaviors. Using an approach pioneered at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Peter Fagan applies the four "perspectives of psychiatry" (disease, dimension, behavior, and life story) to the diagnosis and treatment of sexual disorders. This book offers therapists an efficient and clinically proven way to organize the range of theoretical methodologies currently available, presenting a framework that is both conceptually cohesive and readily applicable in clinical settings. After an introduction, each chapter offers a case study followed by an analysis based on one perspective methodology as well as a discussion of the clinical implications of that perspective. The book closes with a chapter integrating the approaches. This book will be of interest to mental health care professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers, who treat patients with sexual disorders.

Author Biography

Peter J. Fagan, Ph.D., is an associate professor of medical psychology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and former president of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research.

Table of Contents

Foreword, by Paul R. McHugh, M.D,	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
1. Introduction to the Perspectives on Sexual Disorders	1	(18)
2. Sex and the Disease Perspective	19	(22)
3. Sex and the Dimension Perspective	41	(22)
4. Sex and the Behavior Perspective: Problematic Behaviors	63	(23)
5. Treatment of Sexual Disorders in the Behavior Perspective	86	(14)
6. Sex and the Life Story Perspective: The Question of Meaning	100	(19)
7. Integrating the Perspectives	119	(20)
References	139	(8)
Index	147