Human Sexuality and Its Problems

J.H.J. Bancroft (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

748 Seiten

1989 | 2nd Revised edition
Churchill Livingstone (Verlag)
978-0-443-03455-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This is an updated multidisciplinary and scholarly account of the determinants of human sexuality including sexual development, anatomy and physiology, biochemistry and endocrinology of sexual behaviour in addition to sociological and psychological aspects. It is considerably expanded to include physical investigation of sexual dysfunction, marriage, marital therapy, prostitution, ageing, AIDS, sexual abuse and sexual abuse survivors. There is also a section on hormones and sexuality and the development of sexual preferences which has been revised to give a clear account of theoretical possibilities for development of homosexual preferences.

Inhalt

Part 1 The biological basis of human sexuality: the psychosomatic circle; basic concepts; sexual responses; the role of sex hormones in sexual behaviour; psychological processes. Part 2 Sexual development: the developmental process; sexual differentiation and the development of gender identity; the sexual response system and sexual behaviour; sexual preferences; biological abnormalities in development. Part 3 Patterns of sexual behaviour - heterosexuality: the source of our information; masturbation; premarital sex; marriage; sexual fantasy; comparison of men and women; personality and sexual behaviour. Part 4 Sexuality and ageing: changes in sexual behaviour with age; the effects of ageing on sexual response; reproductive and hormonal factors; psychosocial factors. Part 5 Homosexuality: cross-cultural aspects; historical aspects; who is gay or lesbian?; homosexual identity; what are they like as people?; what do homosexuals do?; AIDS. Part 6 Other sexual minorities: the concept of sexual deviance; fetishism; sadomasochism; the polymorphous perverse; transvestism and transsexualism. Part 7 Sexual problems: the incidence of sexual problems; clinical presentation of sexual problems; the causes of sexual problems - the psychosomatic circle; the classification of sexual dysfunction - the psychosomatic circle revisited; problems related to homosexuality. Part 8 Assessing people with sexual problems: the current state of some investigative procedures for sexual dysfunction. Part 9 Helping people with sexual problems: the historical background; an approach to treatment; individual therapy; group therapy; the use of surrogate partners; sexual aids; surgical treatment; management of the transsexual patient. Appendix: counselling notes for couples in sex therapy, Judy Greenwood and John Bancroft. Part 10 Sexual aspects of medical practice: general medicine; malignant disease; general surgery; gynaecology; sexually transmitted diseases and genital infections; sexual side-effects of therapeutic drugs; sexual aspects of alcohol and drug addiction; sexual problems in psychiatric illness; sexuality in mental handicap. Part 11 Sexual aspects of fertility, fertility control and infertility: contraception; sterilization; induced abortion; infertility. Part 12 Sexual offences: types of sexual offence; incidence of sexual offences; the sexual offender and his victim; child sex abuse, paedophilia and incest; helping the victims of sexual offences; the management of sex offenders.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.5.1989
• Zusatzinfo: 125 ills.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 159 x 235 mm
• Gewicht: 1130 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• ISBN-10: 0-443-03455-9 / 0443034559
• ISBN-13: 978-0-443-03455-8 / 9780443034558
• Zustand: Neuware