Textbook of Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction: Diagnosis and Treatment

A comprehensive text on female sexual function and dysfunction that offers a multi-disciplinary, biopsychosocial approach to diagnosis and treatment Textbook of Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction offers a multi-disciplinary, biopsychosocial approach and provides guidance for the safe and effective diagnosis and treatment of various sexual health issues. With contributions from an international panel of experts, the text provides the scientific basis of the clinical recommendations for dealing with problems of sexual, desire, arousal, orgasm and pain. The text is clearly organised around the four major disease states in female sexual dysfunction (FSD) and is officially endorsed by the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH). The authors cover a wealth of topics such as hypoactive sexual desire disorder, psychological management of sexual disorders, anatomy and physiology of sexual dysfunction and pain and information on future developments and research. In addition, the text reviews all FDA approved medications for sexual dysfunction and contains consideration of off-label treatments for FSDs. This important text: •    Offers the only textbook to highlight female sexual dysfunction in light of recently approved FDA medications •    Contains a unique biopsychosocial approach from a collaborative team of physicians, psychologists, physical therapists as well as other sexual health professionals •    Presents a comprehensive text led by one of the foremost global experts in Women's Sexual Health, Irwin Goldstein, founder of ISSWSH, with three other past presidents and one president-elect Written for any professional dealing with women's sexual health, Textbook of Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction offers an invaluable guide to the most safe and effective diagnosis and treatment.

Table of Contents:
  List of Contributors vii Foreword ix Preface xi 1 History of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH) 1 Sue W. Goldstein 2 Sexual Medicine Education and Training 7 Sharon J. Parish and Johannes Bitzer Part I Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder 17 3 Nosology and Epidemiology of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder 19 Leonard R. Derogatis 4 Central Nervous System Anatomy and Neurochemistry of Sexual Desire 25 James G. Pfaus and Sherri L. Jones 5 Psychological Management of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder 53 Sheryl A. Kingsberg and Stanley E. Althof 6 Pathophysiology and Medical Management of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder 59 Anita H. Clayton and Linda Vignozzi Part II Arousal Disorders 101 7 Nosology and Epidemiology of Arousal Disorders in Women 103 Leonard R. Derogatis 8 Anatomy and Physiology of Arousal 107 Kwangsung Park and Noel N. Kim 9 Psychological Management of Arousal Disorders 127 Isbelia Segnini and Tuuli M. Kukkonen 10 Pathophysiology and Medical Management of Female Genital Arousal Disorder 145 Irwin Goldstein 11 Pathophysiology and Medical Management of Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder 161 Barry R. Komisaruk and Irwin Goldstein Part III Orgasm Disorders 173 12 Nosology and Epidemiology of Female Orgasm Disorder 175 Leonard R. Derogatis 13 Peripheral and Central Neural Bases of Orgasm 179 Emmanuele A. Jannini, Nan Wise, Eleni Frangos, and Barry R. Komisaruk 14 Psychological Management of Orgasm Disorders 197 Sara Nasserzadeh 15 Musculoskeletal Management of Orgasm Disorders 211 Karen Brandon 16 Pathophysiology and Medical Management of Female Orgasm Disorder 221 Irwin Goldstein and Barry R. Komisaruk 17 Pathophysiology and Medical Management of Female Orgasmic Illness Syndrome 239 Irwin Goldstein and Barry R. Komisaruk Part IV Sexual Pain Disorders 245 18 Nosology and Epidemiology of Dyspareunia and Vulvodynia 247 Tami Serene Rowen and Andrew T. Goldstein 19 Anatomy and Physiology of Sexual Pain 257 Melissa A. Farmer 20 Psychological Management of Provoked Vestibulodynia 281 Caroline F. Pukall and Sophie Bergeron 21 Musculoskeletal Management of Pelvic and Sexual Pain Disorders 295 Sara K. Sauder, Fiona McMahon, and Amy Stein 22 Medical Management of Dyspareunia and Vulvovaginal Pain 319 Andrew T. Goldstein and Susan Kellogg Spadt Part V Future 337 23 Future Developments and Research 339 James A. Simon Index 349

About the Author :
The Editors IRWIN GOLDSTEIN, MD, IF, the Director of Sexual Medicine at Alvarado Hospital, Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California at San Diego, and Director of San Diego Sexual Medicine. He is also Editor-in Chief of Sexual Medicine Reviews, an official journal of the International Society for Sexual Medicine and the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health, San Diego, California, USA. ANITA H. CLAYTON, MD, IF, David C. Wilson Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences and Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. ANDREW T. GOLDSTEIN, MD, IF, Director of the Center for Vulvovaginal Disorders in Washington DC and New York City, Clinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA. NOEL N. KIM, PHD, IF, Chief Scientist, Institute for Sexual Medicine, San Diego, California, USA. SHERYL A. KINGSBERG, PHD, IF, Division Chief, OB/GYN Behavioral Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Professor, Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Professor, Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.