Overview

While dyspareunia (or, painful sex) is estimated to affect millions of women, it is a condition that causes embarrassment and silenceoften going undiscussed or undiagnosed. And while more doctors are beginning to recognize sexual pain as a physiological, not a psychological, condition, most are still quick to prescribe antidepressants and numbing agents to mask the pain instead of treating its cause. Now, Director of the Centers for Vulvovaginal Disorders Dr. Andrew Goldstein and leading researcher Dr. Caroline Pukall tackle the stereotypes, myths, and realities of dyspareunia, addressing its more than twenty different causes and offering the most up-to-date research. This book provides the long-awaited answers to so many womens questions. Frank, authoritative, and accessible, When Sex Hurts helps women understand why they hurt and what can be done about it.

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Cindy Meston, Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, author of Why Women Have Sex The most comprehensive, accessible, and illuminating look into women's sexual pain ever written, packed with up-to-date and invaluable information. When Sex Hurts is a must read for any woman, or partner of a woman, who has experienced painful sex. Dr. Tim Johnson, Senior Medical Contributor, ABC News This is a subject that has been in the dark far too long and this book will help shine a much needed bright light into those shadows. Yitzchak Binik, Professor of Psychology, McGill University, Director, Sex and Couple Therapy Service, McGill University Health Center<br> Finally, an up to date, comprehensive source of information for women suffering from sexual pain. I will recommend this book to my patients. Alan M. Altman, MD, President, International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH), author of: Making Love the Way We Used to...or Better When Sex Hurts should be on the shelf of every gynecologist and nurse practitioner for women's health. This volume is the consummate reference for a serious problem too often minimized by clinicians because of their lack of knowledge. Electric Review , January/Febraury/March 2011 [A] groundbreaking text...each woman who is afflicted must take it upon herself to seek remedial measures. That first step comes in cracking open this book and surveying its information. Booklist Online, 1/26/11<br> Two physicians and one psychologist skillfully tackle a touchy topic and present a complete overview of pain-causing conditions suffered by women. <p>InfoDad.com, 2/17/11 A thoughtful, well-written book that, at its core, provides hope--perhaps the most valuable of all elements of treatment. For that one element alone, When Sex Hurts is a must-have for any woman for whom sex brings pain rather than pleasure.

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Andrew Goldstein, MD, is a national medical expert on sexual pain and dysfunction. He is the President-elect of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health and is on faculty at the George Washington University School of Medicine. He lives in Maryland. Caroline Pukall, Ph.D., is a leading researcher of women's sexual function and dysfunction and an associate professor at Queen's University. She lives in Ontario.

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