Download or read book Sexual Health written by Mitchell Tepper and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2007 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VOLUME 1 Psychological Foundations CONTENTS: Sexual health: Definitions and construct development; Health benefits of sexual expression; Love and sexual health; Evolution and the adaptive significance of asexual, sexual, and erotic touch; Touch as the primary element of sensual and erotic expression; Facilitating positive sexual communication; Childhood sexuality; Magical age of 10; Gender identity: From dualism to diversity; Orientations: GLBTQ; Sexuality: Young and middle adulthood; Sexuality at midlife and beyond; The direct and indirect impact of childhood abuse and neglect on sexuality; Mental health, mental illness, and sexuality. VOLUME 2 Physical foundations CONTENTS Systems that contribute to sexual response and expression; Role of the brain and nervous system; Hormones and female sexuality; Hormones involved in male sexual function; Circulatory system; Sexual anatomy and physiology: An overview; Pregnancy and sexuality; Menopause and sexuality; Sexual changes in the aging male; Effects of drug and alcohol abuse on sexual function; Sexual pain disorders; Meeting the challenge: Providing comprehensive sexuality services to people with intellectual disabilities; Neurological impairment of sexuality in men and women; Chronic conditions and disability. VOLUME 3 Moral and cultural foundations CONTENTS: Public health perspectives in sexual health; Classical Jewish perspectives on sex; Catholic culture and sexual health; Sexual value systems and sexual health; Sex in America: From below the Victorian belt to the start of modern dating; Cultural perspectives on orgasm embedded in medicine, science, philosophy, and literature; Cultural influences on African American sexuality: The role of multiple identities on kinship, power, and ideology; Native American culture and sex; Contrasts and contradictions: a brief look at the construction of sexuality in Mexico; Eros in the Dragon empire: the open door to sex in China: Sex and sexual dysfunction in the Middle Eastern Culture; Female genital cutting: Understanding the tradition; Sexual identities of gay men and lesbians: Cultural foundations and controversies; Sex sells: Business, politics, and the U.S. Media; Adolescent sexuality viewed through two different cultural lenses; Importance of broad-based human sexuality education as the context for sexual health instruction. VOLUME 4 State-of-the-art treatments and research CONTENTS: Sexual problems and dysfunctions in men; psychological and relationship aspects of male sexuality; Pharmacological treatment of male erectile dysfunction; Devices used for the treatment of sexual dysfunctions in men; Womens sexual problems and concerns; Therapy update for women: The treatment of low libido in women using an integrated biopsychosocial approach; Spiritual dimensions of sexual health: Broadening clinical perspectives of womens desire; Gender variability: Transsexuals, crossdressers, and others; Physical therapy and sexual health; Understanding family planning, birth control, and contraception; Sexually transmitted infections; Sexual rehabilitation after cancer; Access to pleasure: On-ramp to specific information on disability, illness and changes throughout the life span; Iatrogenic causes of female sexual disorders;

Download or read book Social Psychological Foundations of Health and Illness written by Jerry Suls and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Psychological Foundations of Health and Illness is a summary of current research in social-health psychology. The chapters, written by distinguished leaders in the field, provide brief surveys of classic developments in each area of study followed by extended discussion of the authors’ research programs. Includes state-of-the-art descriptions of new findings and theories concerning social aspects of physical health and illness. Discusses virtually all of the major topics studied in the contemporary field of social-health psychology. Contains chapters written by leading figures in the field that discuss their own research within the context of classic efforts.

Download or read book Treating Out of Control Sexual Behavior written by Douglas Braun-Harvey, MA, MFT, CGP, CST and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out of control sexual behavior ñ referred to variously as "sex addiction", "sexual compulsivity", and "hypersexuality", among other terms, has been a controversial and attention-getting issue since it first captured both public and professional attention over 30 years ago. Previous discussions of this behavior have been grounded in conceptualizing it as a pathologized, medical issue on par with substance abuse addictions, or, in backlash, as simply irresponsible behavior indicating weakness in the individual. In keeping with the call from many leaders in the mental health and sexual health areas to move beyond these two polarized conceptualizations of these sexual behavior problems, the authors present a model for working with clients in both group and individual treatment settings. Based on their experience with hundreds of clients, this book provides a comprehensive and practical conceptualization of out of control sexual behavior framed as a sexual health problem within a larger model of human behavior, not a psychiatric or addictive disorder. The book includes step-by-step tools for assessment, treatment planning as well as treatment implementation. It describes a process for professionals to guide clients to define and be accountable for their own personal vision of sexual health as the foundation on which they regain sexual behavior control. The authors provide rich and varied composite case examples based on 20 years of clinical experience that demonstrate clinician sexual health treatment conversations and tools, as well as stories of hope and guidance so essential to individuals wanting to understand how sexual health can be the essential ally in changing their sexual behavior.

Download or read book The Psychology of Sexual Health written by Dr. David Miller and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have been rapid developments in the psychological management of sexually transmitted diseases, particularly HIV and AIDS. However, a significant proportion of those attending genitourinary clinics do not have a disease or infection, but rather are seeking help with sexual health issues relating to behaviour, prior sexual experiences and relationships. Hence as clinics become more and more generalist there is a need to focus on behavioural aspects of disease. This is the first text to draw together the knowledge base and expertise of clinicians and researchers from all disciplines in the psychological management of sexual health. It presents advances in theory and practice in a practical way that will be accessible for all disciplines.

Download or read book Sexual Health Psychological foundations written by Mitchell Tepper and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2007 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VOLUME 1 Psychological Foundations CONTENTS: Sexual health: Definitions and construct development; Health benefits of sexual expression; Love and sexual health; Evolution and the adaptive significance of asexual, sexual, and erotic touch; Touch as the primary element of sensual and erotic expression; Facilitating positive sexual communication; Childhood sexuality; Magical age of 10; Gender identity: From dualism to diversity; Orientations: GLBTQ; Sexuality: Young and middle adulthood; Sexuality at midlife and beyond; The direct and indirect impact of childhood abuse and neglect on sexuality; Mental health, mental illness, and sexuality. VOLUME 2 Physical foundations CONTENTS Systems that contribute to sexual response and expression; Role of the brain and nervous system; Hormones and female sexuality; Hormones involved in male sexual function; Circulatory system; Sexual anatomy and physiology: An overview; Pregnancy and sexuality; Menopause and sexuality; Sexual changes in the aging male; Effects of drug and alcohol abuse on sexual function; Sexual pain disorders; Meeting the challenge: Providing comprehensive sexuality services to people with intellectual disabilities; Neurological impairment of sexuality in men and women; Chronic conditions and disability. VOLUME 3 Moral and cultural foundations CONTENTS: Public health perspectives in sexual health; Classical Jewish perspectives on sex; Catholic culture and sexual health; Sexual value systems and sexual health; Sex in America: From below the Victorian belt to the start of modern dating; Cultural perspectives on orgasm embedded in medicine, science, philosophy, and literature; Cultural influences on African American sexuality: The role of multiple identities on kinship, power, and ideology; Native American culture and sex; Contrasts and contradictions: a brief look at the construction of sexuality in Mexico; Eros in the Dragon empire: the open door to sex in China: Sex and sexual dysfunction in the Middle Eastern Culture; Female genital cutting: Understanding the tradition; Sexual identities of gay men and lesbians: Cultural foundations and controversies; Sex sells: Business, politics, and the U.S. Media; Adolescent sexuality viewed through two different cultural lenses; Importance of broad-based human sexuality education as the context for sexual health instruction. VOLUME 4 State-of-the-art treatments and research CONTENTS: Sexual problems and dysfunctions in men; psychological and relationship aspects of male sexuality; Pharmacological treatment of male erectile dysfunction; Devices used for the treatment of sexual dysfunctions in men; Womens sexual problems and concerns; Therapy update for women: The treatment of low libido in women using an integrated biopsychosocial approach; Spiritual dimensions of sexual health: Broadening clinical perspectives of womens desire; Gender variability: Transsexuals, crossdressers, and others; Physical therapy and sexual health; Understanding family planning, birth control, and contraception; Sexually transmitted infections; Sexual rehabilitation after cancer; Access to pleasure: On-ramp to specific information on disability, illness and changes throughout the life span; Iatrogenic causes of female sexual disorders;

Download or read book Handbook of Health Psychology written by Andrew Baum and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This model has been expanded across several levels of analysis, including cultural, macro-social, and cellular factors. The 2nd edition also features: Greater emphasis on translating research into practice and policy. Two new sections on risk and protective factors for disease and another on social and structural influences that affect health such as socioeconomic status, reflect the current scholarship in the field. More on prevention and/or interventions and treatment in the applications section. The book opens with the fields central theories including a "newer" stress theory that emphasizes the interaction of biological and social systems. Part 2 reviews the mechanisms that help us explain the link between health and behavior across diseases and populations. The all new Part 3 focuses on variables that lead to the onset and progression of major diseases or that are instrumental in promoting health.

Download or read book Sexual Health Moral and cultural foundations written by Mitchell Tepper and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2007 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VOLUME 1 Psychological Foundations CONTENTS: Sexual health: Definitions and construct development; Health benefits of sexual expression; Love and sexual health; Evolution and the adaptive significance of asexual, sexual, and erotic touch; Touch as the primary element of sensual and erotic expression; Facilitating positive sexual communication; Childhood sexuality; Magical age of 10; Gender identity: From dualism to diversity; Orientations: GLBTQ; Sexuality: Young and middle adulthood; Sexuality at midlife and beyond; The direct and indirect impact of childhood abuse and neglect on sexuality; Mental health, mental illness, and sexuality. VOLUME 2 Physical foundations CONTENTS Systems that contribute to sexual response and expression; Role of the brain and nervous system; Hormones and female sexuality; Hormones involved in male sexual function; Circulatory system; Sexual anatomy and physiology: An overview; Pregnancy and sexuality; Menopause and sexuality; Sexual changes in the aging male; Effects of drug and alcohol abuse on sexual function; Sexual pain disorders; Meeting the challenge: Providing comprehensive sexuality services to people with intellectual disabilities; Neurological impairment of sexuality in men and women; Chronic conditions and disability. VOLUME 3 Moral and cultural foundations CONTENTS: Public health perspectives in sexual health; Classical Jewish perspectives on sex; Catholic culture and sexual health; Sexual value systems and sexual health; Sex in America: From below the Victorian belt to the start of modern dating; Cultural perspectives on orgasm embedded in medicine, science, philosophy, and literature; Cultural influences on African American sexuality: The role of multiple identities on kinship, power, and ideology; Native American culture and sex; Contrasts and contradictions: a brief look at the construction of sexuality in Mexico; Eros in the Dragon empire: the open door to sex in China: Sex and sexual dysfunction in the Middle Eastern Culture; Female genital cutting: Understanding the tradition; Sexual identities of gay men and lesbians: Cultural foundations and controversies; Sex sells: Business, politics, and the U.S. Media; Adolescent sexuality viewed through two different cultural lenses; Importance of broad-based human sexuality education as the context for sexual health instruction. VOLUME 4 State-of-the-art treatments and research CONTENTS: Sexual problems and dysfunctions in men; psychological and relationship aspects of male sexuality; Pharmacological treatment of male erectile dysfunction; Devices used for the treatment of sexual dysfunctions in men; Womens sexual problems and concerns; Therapy update for women: The treatment of low libido in women using an integrated biopsychosocial approach; Spiritual dimensions of sexual health: Broadening clinical perspectives of womens desire; Gender variability: Transsexuals, crossdressers, and others; Physical therapy and sexual health; Understanding family planning, birth control, and contraception; Sexually transmitted infections; Sexual rehabilitation after cancer; Access to pleasure: On-ramp to specific information on disability, illness and changes throughout the life span; Iatrogenic causes of female sexual disorders;

Download or read book What Every Mental Health Professional Needs to Know About Sex written by Stephanie Buehler, PsyD, CST-S and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-07-29 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although sexual issues frequently arise in therapeutic practice, mental health professionals are often uncomfortable and poorly equipped to address them. Written by an author who is both a psychologist and sex therapist, this practical guide provides information, tools, and exercises to increase the confidence and comfort of the mental health professional called upon to treat sexual issues during the course of therapy. The book is based on the premise that the therapist must be comfortable with his or her own sexuality in order to offer appropriate treatment. This guide discusses the characteristics of healthy sexuality-for both client and therapist-and explores the reasons that may underlie a therapist's discomfort with addressing sexual issues. Using case studies and sample dialogues, it covers a multitude of common and unusual sexual problems, couple's issues, questions that parents may have about sex, working with LGBT clients, sex for survivors of trauma, sexuality and aging, sexual pain disorders, and how to assess whether more extensive sexual therapy is needed. The guide demonstrates how therapists in different modalities can incorporate treatment of sexual problems into their practice, and covers relevant ethical issues. Included is a downloadable set of practitioner's resources that includes worksheets and client handouts that can be immediately put to use. Additionally, the book provides resources for more in-depth information and discusses collaboration with other health professionals. Key Features: Discusses how to comfortably and effectively discuss, assess, and treat clients' sexual concerns Supported by case studies and therapist/clinician dialogues Includes "Step Into My Office" sidebars taken from the author's own experience Provides downloadable resources including assessments, worksheets, and client handouts

Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Sexuality Health and Rights written by Peter Aggleton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-01-30 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last two decades have witnessed an explosion of research on sexuality as the social sciences have worked to find new ways of understanding a rapidly changing world. Growing concern for issues such as population, women's and men's reproductive health, and the HIV and AIDS pandemic, has since provided new legitimacy for work on sexuality, health and rights. A detailed and up-to-date reference work, The Handbook of Sexuality, Health and Rights provides an authoritative overview of the main issues in the field today. Leading academics and practitioners are brought together to reflect on past, present and future approaches to understanding and promoting sexual health and rights. Divided into nine parts, it covers: Pioneering beginnings Language, discourse and sexual categories From sexuality to health The reproductive imperative How to have sex in an epidemic The choreography of sex The darker side of sex From sexual health to sexual rights Struggles for erotic justice This handbook surveys the state of the discipline and offers an examination and discussion of emerging, controversial and cutting edge areas. It is an essential reference for academics and researchers in the fields of sexuality studies, sexual health and human rights, and offers key reading for more advanced students.

Download or read book Systemic Sex Therapy written by Katherine M. Hertlein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-06 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systemic Sex Therapy, third edition integrates couple and sex therapy to inform the treatment of sexual problems and to give beginning clinicians the abilities and confidence they need to produce change in their patients’ lives. Grounded in the Intersystem Approach, the book considers the biology, psychology, couple dyad, family-of-origin, and larger contextual factors of any sexual disorder or issue. Each chapter examines the definition and description of a sexual disorder or issue, its etiology, assessment, treatment, research, and future directions. This thoroughly revised edition presents 18 updated chapters consistent with the DSM-5 and features new content on sexuality and aging, infidelity, sexual interest/arousal disorder, disability, and kink/BDSM. Experts in the field discuss all the major sexual dysfunctions along with new chapters on culture, technology, and their interplay with sexual functioning. An essential text in the field, Systemic Sex Therapy sets out a conceptual framework for graduate students in couple and family therapy programs looking to develop a comprehensive, integrative understanding of sexual issues.

Download or read book Cancer and Sexual Health written by John P Mulhall and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-04-23 with total page 773 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The average physician and even cancer care-givers are not knowledgeable about the effects of cancer treatment on sex and reproductive life. They are even less aware of the options available for treatment of such patients. Cancer and Sexual Health fills a great need for a reference work devoted to the link between cancer and human sexuality. The volume is designed to give a comprehensive and state-of-the-art review of the sexual and reproductive consequences of cancer diagnosis and treatment. It will prove an invaluable resource for those clinicians caring for cancer patients as well as acting as a reference text for the sexual medicine clinician who may not see a large number of cancer patients.

Download or read book The Wiley Handbook of Sex Therapy written by Zoë D. Peterson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wiley Handbook of Sex Therapy ist ein umfassendes und auf empirischer Basis überarbeitetes Werk zur jüngsten Theorie und Praxis in der psychotherapeutischen Behandlung sexueller Probleme quer durch alle Klientengruppen. -In vier Abschnitten werden spezifische sexuelle Fehlfunktionen, theoretische Ansätze der Sexualtherapie, die Arbeit mit der Diversität der Klienten und zukünftige Richtungen in der Sexualtherapie dargestellt. -Vertritt einen ganzheitlichen Ansatz in der Sexualtherapie, fokussiert auf die Anwendung einer Bandbreite psychotherapeutischer Theorien und Techniken mehr als nur auf die gängigen Verhaltensstrategien. -Fallstudien dokumentieren das breite Spektrum an Zuständen, die Klienten erleben können und die Sexualtherapeuten daher im Beratungsraum antreffen. -Enthält Beiträge von mehr als 60 Experten verschiedenster Fachrichtungen.

Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development written by Sharon Lamb and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development is a carefully curated conversation that brings together the top researchers in child and adolescent sexual development to redefine the issues, conflicts, and debates in the field. The Handbook is organized around three foundational questions: first, what is sexual development? Second, how do we study sexual development? And third, what roles might adults - including the institutions of the media, family, and education - play in the sexual development of children and adolescents? As the first of its kind, this collection integrates work from sociology, psychology, anthropology, history, education, cultural studies, and allied fields. Writing from different disciplinary traditions and about a range of international contexts, the contributors explore the role of sexuality in children's and adolescents' everyday experiences of identity, family, school, neighborhood, religion, and popular media.

Download or read book Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science Socioemotional Processes written by and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential reference for human development theory, updatedand reconceptualized The Handbook of Child Psychology and DevelopmentalScience, a four-volume reference, is the field-defining work towhich all others are compared. First published in 1946, and now inits Seventh Edition, the Handbook has long been consideredthe definitive guide to the field of developmental science. Volume 3: Social, Emotional, and Personality Developmentpresentsup-to-date knowledge and theoretical understanding of theseveral facets of social, emotional and personality processes. Thevolume emphasizes that any specific processes, function, orbehavior discussed in the volume co-occurs alongside and isinextricably affected by the dozens of other processes, functions,or behaviors that are the focus of other researchers' work. As aresult, the volume underscores the importance of a focus on thewhole developing child and his or her sociocultural and historicalenvironment. Understand the multiple processes that are interrelated inpersonality development Discover the individual, cultural, social, and economicprocesses that contribute to the social, emotional, and personalitydevelopment of individuals Learn about the several individual and contextual contributionsto the development of such facets of the individual as morality,spirituality, or aggressive/violent behavior Study the processes that contribute to the development ofgender, sexuality, motivation, and social engagement The scholarship within this volume and, as well, across the fourvolumes of this edition, illustrate that developmental science isin the midst of a very exciting period. There is a paradigm shiftthat involves increasingly greater understanding of how todescribe, explain, and optimize the course of human life fordiverse individuals living within diverse contexts. ThisHandbook is the definitive reference for educators,policy-makers, researchers, students, and practitioners in humandevelopment, psychology, sociology, anthropology, andneuroscience.

Download or read book Foundations for Couples Therapy written by Jennifer Fitzgerald and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a quality resource that examines the psychological, neurobiological, cultural, and spiritual considerations that undergird optimal couple care, Foundations for Couples’ Therapy teaches readers to conduct sensitive and comprehensive therapy with a diverse range of couples. Experts from social work, clinical psychotherapy, neuroscience, social psychology, and health respond to one of seven central case examples to help readers understand the dynamics within each partner, as well as within the couple as a system and within a broader cultural context. Presented within a Problem-Based Learning approach (PBL), these cases ground the text in clinical reality. Contributors cover critical and emerging topics like cybersex, emotional well-being, forgiveness, military couples, developmental trauma, and more, making it a must-have for practitioners as well as graduate students.

Download or read book Handbook of Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders written by David L. Rowland and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-02-13 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete coverage of The Handbook of Sexual and Gender IdentityDisorders provides authoritative coverage of the etiology,diagnosis, and treatment of three major DSM-IV-TR classificationsof sexual disorders and gender identity disorders: sexualdysfunctions, gender identity disorders, and paraphilias/atypicalsexual behaviors. The first internationally contributed handbook of its kind, thispractical guide provides mental health professionals as well asmedical professionals with the latest information in theunderstanding and treatment of sexual problems and gender identityrelated disorders. Covering both the medical and mental healthrelated aspects of sexual dysfunctions and gender identitydisorders, topics covered include: * Male sexual arousal disorder * Female desire disorder * Female genital pain and its treatment * Aging and sexuality * Disease and sexuality * Gender identity disorders in adults * Cross-cultural issues in gender identity disorders * Paraphilic sexual disorders * Sexual addiction * Legal and privacy issues surrounding paraphilias An insightful and unique resource, the Handbook of Sexual andGender Identity Disorders prepares mental health and medicalprofessionals to more skillfully and compassionately recognize andaddress the sexual issues of those who seek their help.

Download or read book The Myth of Sex Addiction written by David J. Ley and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The media today is filled with powerful men in trouble for their sexual behaviors, and invariably, they are diagnosed as sexual addicts. Since Adam first hid his nakedness from God and pointed the finger at Eve, men have struggled to take responsibility for their sexuality. Over the past three decades, these behaviors have come to reflect not a moral failing, but instead, evidence of an ill-defined disease, that of "sexual addiction." The concept of sexual addiction is a controversial one because it is based on questionable research and subjective moral judgments. Labeling these behaviors as sex addiction asserts a false, dangerous myth that undermines personal responsibility. Not only does this epidemic of sex addiction excuses mislabel male sexuality as dangerous and unhealthy, but it destroys our ability to hold people accountable for their behaviors. By labeling males as weak and powerless before the onslaught and churning tide of lust, we take away those things that men should live up to: personal responsibility; integrity; self-control; independence; accountability; self-motivation; honor; respect for self and others. In The Myth of Sex Addiction, Ley presents the history and questionable science underlying this alleged disorder, exposing the moral and cultural judgments that are embedded in the concept, as well as the significant economic factors that drive the label of sex addiction in clinical practice and the popular media. Ley outlines how this label represents a social attack on many forms of sexuality--male sexuality in particular--as well as presenting the difficulty this label creates in holding people responsible for their sexual behaviors. Going against current assumptions and trends, Ley debunks the idea that sex addiction is real, or at least that it is as widespread as it appears to be. Instead, he suggests that the high-sex behaviors of some men is something that has been tacitly condoned for countless years and is only now labeled as a disorder as men are being held accountable to the same rules that have been applied to women. He suggests we should expect men to take responsibility for sexual choices, rather than supporting an approach that labels male sexual desire as a "demonic force" that must be resisted, feared, treated, and exorcised.