Sexual and Reproductive Neurorehabilitation / Edition 1

by Mindy L. Aisen

Overview

This well-written text thoroughly addresses two quality of life issues in patients with a variety of neurological disorders: sexual and reproductive function. The de vasta stating effects of a variety of neurological diseases are well known to both the lay and medical communitIes, and are treated in numerous texts. However, as we continue to experience therapeutic breakthroughs in the tields of neurology and rehabilitation medicine, physicians and patients must become more aware of the issues discussed in this text. It is particularly important, as emphasized throughout the chapters, that the physician or therapist initiate conversations with the patients concerning both the possibility of parenting a child, as well as the ability of the patient to enhance his/her sexual functioning. Commonly in the patient who is otherwise perfectly normal, there is a reluctance to discuss these topics and couples often feel embarrassed to initiate a conversation with their physi­ cians. This reluctance to initiate a discussion is even more apparent in patients with a variety of neurological disorders, in which there are overriding fears concerning both function and survival, as well as deep concerns about their own attractiveness, and their sexual and repro­ ductive ability.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780896033764
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	05/21/1997
Series:	Current Clinical Neurology
Edition description:	1997
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Aisen, Mindy, MD (Cornell Medical Center)

The contributors represent the specialties of neurology and urology. Most are from U.S. hospitals and universities, including Burke Rehabilitation Hospital-White Plains, Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, and Columbia Univ.

Table of Contents

1 Male Anatomy and Physiology.- 2 Management of Neurologic Diseases in Pregnancy, Delivery, and the Postpartum Period.- 3 Issues of Female Physiology and Reproductive Responses in the Neurorehabilitation Setting.- 4 The Role of the Menstrual Cycle in Chronic Disorders of the Nervous System.- 5 Principles of Sexuality Counseling.- 6 Diseases of Peripheral Nerves.- 7 Extrapyramidal Disorders.- 8 Sexuality and the Adolescent with Developmental Disorders.- 9 Neuromuscular Disease and Sexuality in Adolescents.- 10 Sexual Dysfunction Following Stroke.- 11 Sexual Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis.- 12 Sexual Rehabilitation Issues in Spinal Cord Injury.- 13 Traumatic Brain Injury.- 14 The Geriatric Population.- 15 Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Daniel B. Hier, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)
Description: This multiauthored compendium of articles addresses the diagnosis and management of sexual and reproductive problems in the patient with chronic neurological disability.
Purpose: The book seeks to educate rehabilitation specialists and other caretakers of the chronically neurologically impaired patients as to methods of diagnosis and treatment of sexual and reproductive disorders.
Audience: It is intended for physiatrists, nurses, neurologists, neurosurgeons, and psychologists who care for patients with chronic neurological disabilities.
Features: The book features a concise but thorough introduction to male sexual anatomy and physiology as well as the influences of pregnancy and menses on neurological illnesses in women. This is followed by excellent discussions of sexual and reproductive issues in a variety of illnesses, including spinal cord injury, stroke, neuropathy, and multiple sclerosis.
Assessment: This is an excellent book that addresses important issues of neurorehabilitation that are often ignored. A sexual history should become a routine part of the evaluation of patients with chronic neurological disease. Much can be done to improve sexual functioning and gratification in this group of patients. Only by eliciting the problems experienced by these patients and their own wishes for change can appropriate and often effective therapy be offered.

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3 Stars from Doody

This multiauthored compendium of articles addresses the diagnosis and management of sexual and reproductive problems in the patient with chronic neurological disability. The book seeks to educate rehabilitation specialists and other caretakers of the chronically neurologically impaired patients as to methods of diagnosis and treatment of sexual and reproductive disorders. It is intended for physiatrists, nurses, neurologists, neurosurgeons, and psychologists who care for patients with chronic neurological disabilities. The book features a concise but thorough introduction to male sexual anatomy and physiology as well as the influences of pregnancy and menses on neurological illnesses in women. This is followed by excellent discussions of sexual and reproductive issues in a variety of illnesses, including spinal cord injury, stroke, neuropathy, and multiple sclerosis. This is an excellent book that addresses important issues of neurorehabilitation that are often ignored. A sexual history should become a routine part of the evaluation of patients with chronic neurological disease. Much can be done to improve sexual functioning and gratification in this group of patients. Only by eliciting the problems experienced by these patients and their own wishes for change can appropriate and often effective therapy be offered.

Daniel B. Hier

Reviews the current understanding of sexual and reproductive dysfunction in people with chronic neurological disease, considered two distinct but related problems. Deals with specific diseases such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and traumatic brain injury; and explores such topics as developmental disabilities in children, neuromuscular diseases in adolescence, disease of the peripheral nerve, male and female sexual and reproductive responses, the role of the menstrual cycle in neurologic disease, and the geriatric population. Addressed to physicians, nurses, rehabilitation therapists, and social workers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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