Your Prescription for Good Health --and a Great Relationship People don't often think of lovemaking as a way to improve their health, but accord- ing to expert Dr. Barbara Keesling, loving sexual exchange can enhance physical, emotional and spiritual wellness in real--and amazing--ways. And the same lovemaking includes all the elements necessary for a healing relationship: touch, communication, physical activity and playfulness. Rx Sex asks what you want to heal--emotions, physical problems or relationship--and directs you to the setting and exercises that are right for you. Adults of any age, sexual orientation and level of fitness can perform the exercises, which progress from simple to advanced. The positive effects of this loving prescription include: Physical benefits Strengthening your immune system, breathing and circulation Giving you healthier-looking skin, hair and eyes Relieving pain and helping to improve chronic conditions Mental and emotional benefits Helping you overcome depression and anxiety Improving concentration and memory Restoring a positive body image and a sense of joy Relationship benefits Finding and bonding with a true partner Discovering the difference between having sex and making love Enriching your partnership with intimacy, mutuality and commitment No pills to swallow, no shots to endure--just exciting, fulfilling lovemaking. What better prescription could there be for you and your partner--or your relationship?

An excellent introduction for all those coming to the subject for the first time. New material has been added to the second edition and the original six chapters have been modified. The previous edition sold 9500 copies world wide since its release in 1996. Based on numerous courses given by the author to students and researchers in the health sciences and is written with such readers in mind. Provides a "user-friendly" layout and includes numerous illustrations and exercises. Written in such a way so as to enable readers learn directly without the assistance of a classroom instructor. Throughout, there is an emphasis on presenting each new topic backed by real examples of a survival analysis investigation, followed up with thorough analyses of real data sets.

Offers a prescription for restoring the struggling relationship back to health. What if couples could take their relationship vitamins or medicine in order to prevent and treat problems in their relationships or restore their struggling relationship back to health? Here, two seasoned relationship experts address the top problems in relationships and provide simple strategies and exercises, grounded in relationship science, that couples can use to have the healthiest – and happiest – relationship of their lives. The reader will benefit from discussions about research on effective communication strategies, adult attachment styles, cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques, and lessons learned from decades of relationship research – all presented in an easy to digest fashion, making Relationship Rx an easy pill to swallow. As Griffin and Schwartz tackle the major issues most couples face (or will inevitably face), they offer a tiered approach to mild, moderate, or severe relationship symptoms – each requiring various levels of intervention . The reader is introduced to three new couples in each chapter – all struggling to some degree in their marriages or long-term relationships. Each chapter concludes with a series of practical relationship exercises or techniques that couples can do in their own homes. Any couple hoping to prevent or address those issues in their relationships that often derail couples will find a relatable resource here and easy-to-implement strategies for restoring even the most challenges relationships.

How films of the 1960s and early 1970s framed therapeutic issues as problems of human communication, and individual psychological problems as social ones. Rx Hollywood investigates how therapy surfaced in the themes, representations, and narrative strategies of a changing film industry. In the 1960s and early 1970s, American cinema was struggling to address adult audiences who were increasingly demanding films that confronted contemporary issues. Focusing upon five fields of therapeutic inquiry—therapist/patient dynamics, female “frigidity” and male impotence, marital discord, hallucinogenic drug use, and the dynamics of confession—Michael DeAngelis argues that the films of this period reveal an emergent, common tendency of therapy to work toward the formation of a stronger sense of interpersonal, community/social, and political engagement, counteracting alienation and social division in the spirit of connection and community. Prior to the 1960s, therapy had been considered an introspective process, one that emphasized contemplation and insight and prompted the patient to investigate memories and past traumas. In the 1960s, however, therapy would move toward more humanistic, client-centered, community, group, and encounter models that deemphasized the “there and then” of past feelings and experiences and embraced the “here and now” of the present. These kinds of therapy promised to heal the self through a process of reaching out, helping individuals to connect with communities, support networks, and other like-minded individuals who shared a needed sense of belonging. Drawing on a wide range of films, including Marnie, The Boston Strangler, The Chapman Report, Carnal Knowledge, Divorce American Style, Diary of a Mad Housewife, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, and Five Easy Pieces, DeAngelis shows how American culture framed therapeutic issues as problems of human communication, developing treatment strategies that addressed individual psychological problems as social problems.

Dx/Rx: Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women is an essential resource for urologists, family medicine physicians, primary care practitioners, obstetricians, and gynecologists. This concise, pocket-sized guide provides comprehensive, up-to-date information on therapies for male and female sexual dysfunction.

The Tarascon Adult Psychiatrica is the ultimate portable reference for the busy psychiatrist, psychologist, primary care physican or other health care professionals in the field of adult psychiatry. Presented in an easy-to-read, quick-reference format, the Tarascon Adult Psychiatrica is filled with tables and charts, providing facts and treatment option for common psychological disorders in adults. Key Features Include: • Disorder classification and treatment • Epidemiology and biostatistics • Human Development • Diagnostic Evaluation • Psychopharmacology • Managements of Psychiatric medical emergencies • Ethics in Psychiatry • and more

A top urologist’s prescription for better sexual health and overall wellness. According to research studies, men with health problems, and more specifically sexual health problems, are more likely than women to have had no recent contact with a doctor regardless of income or ethnicity. This reluctance to seek medical help means that for men, their diseases often go undetected until it is significantly progressed, and this late discovery has serious consequences. To make matters worse, when men do see their physicians, many doctors find it difficult to talk about sexual health with their patients. Common conditions such as erectile dysfunction or Peyronie’s disease (an acquired penile curvature) are often dismissed or simply go unaddressed. This avoidance creates real health problems: erectile dysfunction (ED)alone affects as much as 20% of men worldwide, occurring in as much as 52% of men between the ages 40 and 70. Serious skin cancers, penile injuries, and infections can go untreated for years. And, doctors lose a valuable tool in predicting other chronic health issues when sexual health isn’t discussed. Dr. Burnett takes a deep dive here into identifying what healthy sexual function actually looks like, and clearly identifies the distinct components of the male sexual response that every healthy man experiences. For each of these components, readers will learn about the specific problems that can present, their underlying or contributing causes, and how each can be resolved. It will explode the myth that the only way to enhance men’s sexual health is through testosterone therapies. Instead, his effective prescription for enhanced sexual function and overall health highlights the best that evidence-based medicine has to offer: a comprehensive mixture of easy yet important lifestyle changes, the most advanced medications including hormone therapies when they are appropriately administered, mental health therapies, external aids, and surgery. In total, readers will have a cutting-edge life strategy for achieving optimal sexual health now and for years to come.

“Fast Metabolism Food Rx gives you real practical programs to nurture the body back to health.”—DEEPAK CHOPRA From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fast Metabolism Diet comes “a complete guidebook that will help you regain your health and reverse chronic disease with your own kitchen pharmacy” (Alan Christianson, NMD, New York Times bestselling author of The Adrenal Reset Diet). Want to feel great, disease-proof your body, and live at your ideal weight? Then eat your medicine! Celebrated nutritionist Haylie Pomroy has just the prescription for you, offering solutions for the seven most common ways your metabolism misfires and leads to exhaustion, excess weight, and illness. After multiple health challenges threatened Haylie’s life, she set out on an investigative journey that was life-changing—and lifesaving. She shares her personal story for the first time in Fast Metabolism Food Rx and presents the powerful food programs she created based on the methods and philosophies that saved her life and helped her thrive. For decades, these food therapies have provided profound clinical results for thousands of patients. Our bodies are always talking and communicating their needs; we just need to learn how to listen. Maybe our energy is off, we don’t feel right, we have indigestion, or our body shape is morphing in ways we don’t recognize or like. Or our biochemistry is changing, raising our cholesterol, making us irritable, reactive, or “foggy.” These—and other, more serious medical issues, like pre-diabetes and immune complications—hide a specific problem, for which food, not drugs, is the answer. So, if you’re suffering from GI issues, fatigue, out-of-whack-hormones, mood and cognition difficulties, elevated cholesterol, blood sugar control problems, or an autoimmune problem, Fast Metabolism Food Rx has the solution for you. With targeted eating plans, you can feed your body back to a vibrant, energetic, and thriving state.