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Introduction: Advocating for a Transdisciplinary Approach to the Management of Sexual Disorders

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Management of Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women

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Two concepts were particularly important to me in developing this textbook: (1) a desire to cultivate a transdisciplinary sexual medicine perspective for the reader that emphasized integrating counseling with current and future medical/surgical approaches for the treatment of male and female sexual disorders and (2) emphasizing the need and benefit for the reader to use a biopsychosocial-behavioral and cultural lens when contemplating sexual response and sexual dysfunction.

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    The STP model is a registered trademark of the MAP Education and Research Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity. STP illustrations are available free from mapedfund.org.

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    Telemedicine through today’s Internet technologies offers the opportunity for inexpensive video conferencing of diverse experts across geographic boundaries, which will perhaps increase the productive interaction between disciplines. Such technology offers the potential of multispecialty referral or consultation being available for the patient or partner when required, independent of geography.

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  1. Reproductive Medicine and Urology, Weill Medical College Cornell University, 70 East 77th Street, New York, NY, 10075, USA

    Michael A. Perelman Ph.D. (Psychiatry, Co-Director, Founder)

  2. Human Sexuality Program, The New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Michael A. Perelman Ph.D. (Psychiatry, Co-Director, Founder)

  3. MAP Education and Research Fund, New York, NY, USA

    Michael A. Perelman Ph.D. (Psychiatry, Co-Director, Founder)

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  1. Chief, Division of Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery; Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

    Larry I. Lipshultz

  2. Assistant Professor; Division of Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery; Center for Reproductive Medicine; Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

    Alexander W. Pastuszak

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; George Washington University; School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The Center for Vulvovaginal Disorders, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

    Andrew T. Goldstein

  4. Psychiatric Center Copenhagen; Institute of Clinical Medicine; University of Copenhagen, Sexological Clinic, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Annamaria Giraldi

  5. Weill Medical College Cornell University; Co-Director, Human Sexuality Program; The New York Presbyterian Hospital; Founder, MAP Education and Research Fund, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Reproductive Medicine and Urology, NEW YORK, New York, USA

    Michael A. Perelman

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Perelman, M.A. (2016). Introduction: Advocating for a Transdisciplinary Approach to the Management of Sexual Disorders. In: Lipshultz, L., Pastuszak, A., Goldstein, A., Giraldi, A., Perelman, M. (eds) Management of Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3100-2_1

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