Sexual Dysfunction (December)

Date of Issue: 12/01/2004 | Volume: 2 | Number: 12

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To our readers: We apologize for a decidedly male bias in this issue, which to some extent reflects the state of the sexuality literature. We’ll do better next time!

In This Issue

Article

PDE-5 Inhibitors: Which to Choose?

Anybody who watched the recent World Series between the Red Sox and the Cardinals got a pretty good education in Viagrology, Levitrology, and Cialisology. Between footage of men shopping at Victoria's Secret and couples soaking in outdoor tubs, it was a challenge to fit in a few double plays and home runs.

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Article

How to Assess Sexual Dysfunction

Marlene Dietrich once observed that "in America sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it is a fact." While that may be true, sex is never terribly easy to discuss, no matter what your longitude and latitude.

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2004 Index

2004 Index

Index to The Carlat Report Volume 2, 2004.

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Expert Q&A

Dr. Abraham Morgentaler on Treating Sexual Dysfunction in Men

Dr. Morgentaler, as a urologist with particular expertise in male sexual dysfunction, what kind of advice might you have for psychiatrists in terms of helping us to differentiate psychogenic from organic sexual problems?

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Tales from the History of Psychiatry

Alfred Kinsey and the DSM

If you've seen the new movie “Kinsey,” you already know that the famed sex researcher first made his name writing about the decidedly un-sexy topic of gall wasps. He was fascinated by these creatures because of the marked variability among individuals--a theme that later emerges in his work on human sexuality.

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