Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2262600 in Books
• Published on: 1999-08-18
• Released on: 1999-08-18
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 296 pages

From Publishers Weekly
This could have been titled "The Dysfunctional Male," since the entire work is devoted to helping men and their partners (of either sex) overcome and prevent impotence. Authors Milsten, a urologist and director of the New Jersey-based Center for Sexual Health, and Slowinksi, a psychologist and sex therapist, offer a comprehensive look at male impotenceAits causes, effects and treatments. Helpful chapters, such as "What is Impotence" or "Myths and Fallacies that Promote Impotence," begin with a box of commonsense, albeit obvious, points ("The average time to ejaculation is simply not known"). A section, "Topics of Special Interest," effectively examines a range of interesting issues such as "Is There a Male Menopause" or "Is It Safe to Resume Sex After a Heart Attack." And a self-evaluation section offers more than 20 questions that can help a man start the process of dealing with actual or potential impotence. Unfortunately, the book is marred by somewhat stiff and stilted medical-textbook language ("Any of these situations just mentioned can underlie both primary and secondary erectile difficulties and will require therapeutic attention"). But overall this is a practical health book that takes men's sexuality seriously. (Aug.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
In the men's health arena, no subjects receive more attention than sexual dysfunction and impotence. In this comprehensive male sex manual for the lay reader, Milsten, a urologist and the medical director of the Center for Sexual Health in Woodbury, NJ, and Slowinski, a clinical psychologist and professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, present state-of-the-art knowledge about the sexual anxiety-provoking subjects that all males may experience at some time in their lives. The material represents the combined advice of both a urologist and a psychologist because problems of impotence may involve both specialties. Intended for the general publicAall ages and both sexesAthis book covers the spectrum of male sexuality from anatomy to Viagra in clear, straightforward, easy-to-understand prose. Recommended.AJames Swanton, Harlem Hosp. Lib., New York
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
Urologist Milsten and clinical psychologist Slowinski emphasize prevention rather than treatment in their discussion of male sexuality and its problems, about both of which much has been learned during the past few decades. One new discovery, Viagra, though helpful in some circumstances, deals with symptoms rather than causes and can mask conditions that need treatment. Milsten and Slowinski deal clearly with the physical and psychological causes of impotence, a term being superseded, for some, by erectile dysfunction. One of their best chapters takes up some of the myths and fallacies associated with male sexual problems and neatly disposes of each. They also relay some piquant trivia; for instance, pointing out, in a discussion of sexual mechanics, that mosquitoes average 20 seconds for intercourse. As part of their straightforward, helpful effort, they describe what a prospective patient should expect during evaluation of his problems, and they cover both physical and psychological treatments and briefly discuss many related questions, such as whether it is wise to ride a bicycle. William Beatty