Congratulations to Drs. Balon and Segraves and all the contributing authors, who represent excellent institutions from throughout the world, on this very helpful, clearly written and clinically useful book.Clinical Manual of Sexual Disorders is geared for busy clinicians and provides practical information—from evaluation and diagnosis, to treatment and management—for patients at all ages, and with other co-occurring psychiatric problems. Sexual Disorders is an important area of psychosomatic medicine and a must-read for anyone taking care of patients.—Michelle B. Riba, M.D., M.S., Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan

For those who have let the sex lives of their patients slide out of focus in clinical psychiatry, this masterful work beautifully sharpens the picture. Written by a group of experienced clinicians and researchers, this excellent book provides a rich body of practical information for anyone willing to address the sexual lives of patients. The emphasis on assessment and treatment is ideal for the practicing clinician. The book is comprehensive, while being readily accessible. This is a fine synthesis and contribution to the literature. Anyone reading it will gain insights that will benefit their patients.—Lawrence A. Labbate, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

This authoritative, readable and clinically useful manual of sexual disorders has long been needed. It is comprehensive both in scope and depth. The book is exactly what clinicians, whether psychiatrists, or gynecologists or primary care physicians, need for addressing a neglected aspect of medical practice.—Giovanni A. Fava, M.D., Professor of Clinical Psychology, Univ of Bologna; Editor in Chief, Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Buffalo

Balon and Segraves have edited a book that should be required reading for every resident since the sexual problems they discuss are quite commonly encountered in psychiatric practice. Obviously, anyone in the mental health treatment field would similarly benefit. Several of the chapters also have specific applications to forensic psychiatry as well.—Carl P. Malmquist, M.D., M.S., Professor of Social Psychiatry, Univ. of Minnesota

As a psychiatry resident, I found this book extremely helpful as the authors have successfully consolidated a great deal of information in a single, concise, and clinically oriented text which presents the necessary information and practical tools to better provide treatment of patients with sexual disorders. Before I got this book, I had accumulated a scattering of articles from various other texts and journals that were helpful, but not as complete or concise as this book.—Aaron Plattner, M.D., Doody Enterprises, Inc., 1/1/2010