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Sexual medicine issues play a role in medical practice in all disorders and diseases that affect sexual functions, sexual and/or partner experience and behavior, and gender identity. Sexual disorders can also be consequences of other illnesses and/or their treatment and can manifest as the result of sexual trauma. In any case, a basic understanding of human sexuality is beneficial for clinical work, distinguished into three different dimensions (desire, reproduction, and attachment), all closely intertwined. This basic understanding also permeates the principles of sexual medical diagnostics and therapy, the couple dimension being of essential importance. As a result, an integrative approach in sexual medicine, taking somatic and psychosocial factors into account, makes it possible to deal with couple-related problems in the same way as somatic therapy options.

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Beier, K.M., Köhn, FM. (2023). Sexual Medicine and Andrology. In: Nieschlag, E., Behre, H.M., Kliesch, S., Nieschlag, S. (eds) Andrology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31574-9_43

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