The Vagina Dialogues: Facilitating the Discussion About Female Sexual Dysfunction
By Laurence Mignon, PhD
The communication barriers that exist between patients and physicians with regards to female sexual dysfunction can lead to under-diagnosis and under-treatment of the disorder. The comfort and communication skills of physicians regarding female sexual dysfunction need to be improved, while patients need to realize that it is important to discuss sexual health with their primary care giver. Empowering both physicians and patients with ways to approach female sexual dysfunction during routine visits will destigmatize the issue, and lead to better diagnosis and treatment.
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder share dysfunctions in the same brain areas which can hypothetically be treated by modulating norepinephrine and dopamine levels within these areas.
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By Drs. Dan Tennenhouse and Marvin Firestone
Prescribing is one of the most common bases for actions by licensing boards against clinicians. How can clinicians protect themselves?
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By Stephen Stahl, MD, PhD
Not all inherited traits, including psychiatric disorders, are due to changes in the DNA sequence of genes. In fact, many characteristics of cells, especially neurons, are due instead to the selective activating and silencing of genes in a dynamic process known as epigenetics.
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