title: A biopsychosocial approach to sexual recovery after prostate cancer surgery: the role of grief and mourning.
abstract: Erectile dysfunction is a common side-effect of prostate cancer surgery that causes men suffering and hinders their sexual recovery. There are studies that describe men's and partners' distress and couples' difficulties engaging in sexual recovery. A few studies show a short-term benefit of brief psycho-social interventions such as psychoeducation and counseling. However, there is no conceptual framework to guide psychosocial treatments. We propose a model of intervention in sexual recovery that incorporates grief and mourning as a gateway to new and satisfying sexuality after prostate cancer treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA. dwittman@med.umich.edu
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wittmann
authors.forename: Sallie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Foley
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balon
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000523:psychology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D012731:Sex Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology*