Juan E. Mezzich MD, PhD, is current president of the World Psychiatric Association. He is professor of psychiatry and director, division of Psychiatric Epidemiology and International Center for Mental Health, at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York University. He has held professorships at Stanford and the University of Pittsburgh. He has been a leader in the development of the DSM. He has authored or coauthored over 200 scientific journal articles and book chapters (including current sections on international diagnosis and psychiatric epidemiology). Ruben Hernandez, MD is professor of forensic psychiatry at the Central University of Venezuela. He is a leader in sexual health (formerly called sexology) throughout Latin America having served as president of many professional organizations including, among many others, the Venezuelan Society of Medical Sexology and the International Academy of Sexology.

Doctors Mezzich and Hernandez have produced a comprehensive, progressive, and readable volume on a difficult and important topic. The pair headed a work group of international scholars, clinicians, and researchers to develop the Educational Program on Sexual Health. This book is the result of that collaboration. Thorough and weighty, it is neither dull nor deferential to conservative pressure. Recommended for larger academic and public libraries.

• Part 1 Conceptual Bases of Sexual HealthChapter 2 Comprehensive Definition of Sexual HealthChapter 3 Life Cycle and Sexual HealthChapter 4 Policy and Human Rights ConsiderationsChapter 5 Communication and Sexual HealthChapter 6 Educational ConsiderationsChapter 7 Scientific ResearchChapter 8 Epidemiological and Public Health ConsiderationsPart 9 Comprehensive Diagnosis of Persons with Sexual DisordersChapter 10 General ConsiderationsChapter 11 Multiaxial Diagnostic FormulationChapter 12 Idiographic Diagnostic FormulationChapter 13 Format for Comprehensive Diagnostic FormulationPart 14 Comprehensive Treatment and Health Promotion of Persons with Sexual DisordersChapter 15 Introduction to Treatment and Health PromotionChapter 16 Biological TreatmentChapter 17 Psychological TreatmentChapter 18 Integrative Approaches to CareChapter 19 Comprehensive Treatment of Specific Sexual DisordersChapter 20 Comprehensive Treatment of Complex and Special SituationsChapter 21 Health PromotionPart 22 ReferencesPart 23 AppendicesChapter 24 Illustrative Clinical Case with Comprehensive Diagnostic Formulation and Treatment PlanChapter 25 WPA International Survey on Human Sexuality and Sexual Disorders: Synoptic ReportChapter 26 World Health Organization's Statement on Sexual Health (2002)Chapter 27 World Association for Sexology's Declaration of Sexual Rights (1997/1999)Chapter 28 World Association for Sexual Health's Montreal Declaration