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Erection Problems

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Sexual Life

Part of the book series: Critical Issues in Psychiatry ((CIPS))

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Abstract

The penis is attached to the heart. It is the male organ of emotional connection. The psychogenically impotent man’s penis knows something that his conscious mind is not permitted to realize; it should be trusted.

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  1. Center for Human Sexuality, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Stephen B. Levine M.D.

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Levine, S.B. (1992). Erection Problems. In: Sexual Life. Critical Issues in Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0852-0_10

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