The 48 hours of lectures will encompass the clinical aspects of psychoendocrinology and those of medical/systems sexology will be centered on the main elements of the first interview of patient with a male/female/couple’s sexual dysfunction, the basic concepts of a clinical and psychological assessment oriented in the formulation of the basic and evolved elements of the treatments of sexual dysfunctions with a systemic approach. The student is obviously not requested to produce medical diagnosis, nor to prescribe medicines, but to have enough knowledge to understand the clinical behaviors of physicians dealing with sexual medicine and to provide full psychological support, counselling, and coaching during the medical diagnosis and medical therapies of human sexual dysfunctions. In particular, the timing and contents of teaching, per the 3 didactic units [Psychoendocrinology (10 hrs), Systems Sexology (15 hrs), Medical Sexology (18 hrs)], will be: • Endocrinology and medical sexology of sexual orientation, gender identity, abnormalities of sexual differentiations and gender dysphoria. Gender-specific sexology. Biology of beauty and seduction. Biology of monogamy and in-fidelity. (10 hrs) • Medical sexology of female sexual dysfunctions (HSDD, vaginismus, dyspareunia, anorgasmia, PGAD, paraphilic disorders). (12 hrs) • Medical sexology of male sexual dysfunctions (HSDD, erectile dysfunction, prema-ture/delayed/retrograde ejaculation, paraphilic disorders). (12 hrs) • Contraception and STD prevention. (2 hrs) • Psychoendocrinology and medical sexology of hypogonadisms, gonadal diseases, fertility and in-fertility. Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Postpartum Depression (PPD) (4 hrs) • Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology and disorders of hypothalamus and pituitary (stress, puberty, growth, lactation, etc) (5 hrs) • Psychological and psychosexological symptoms in thyroid, adrenal, and metabolic disorders. (3 hrs)

The students able to read Italian may use the following textbook, encompassing the whole matter of the course and examination: Jannini, Lenzi, Maggi: Sessuologia medica. Trattato di psicosessuologia, medicina della sessualità e salute della coppia (Italiano) Edra, Milano, 2017. For the others: According to the 3 didactic units [Psychoendocrinology, Systems Sexology, Medical Sexology], the textbooks and assays encompassing the arguments of the present course are: PSYCHOENDOCRINOLOGY AND MEDICAL SEXOLOGY: From the Merk Manual, professional edition (free download). For each, see related links: • http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/endocrine-and-metabolic-disorders • http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/psychiatric-disorders/sexuality-gender-dysphoria-and-paraphilias/overview-of-sexual-behavior • http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/psychiatric-disorders/sexuality-gender-dysphoria-and-paraphilias/gender-dysphoria-and-transsexualism • http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/genitourinary-disorders/male-sexual-dysfunction/overview-of-male-sexual-function • http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/gynecology-and-obstetrics/sexual-dysfunction-in-women/overview-of-female-sexual-function-and-dysfunction SYSTEMS SEXOLOGY: Kirana, P.S., Tripodi F., Reisman Y., Porst H. (Eds.) The ESSM EFS and ESSM Syllabus of Clinical Sex-ology. MEDIX Pub., Amsterdam, 2013. Jannini, EA, Siracusano A. (Eds.) Sexual Dysfunctions in Mentally Ill Patients. Springer, 2018 Mosse GL. Nationalism and Sexuality: Respectability and Abnormal Sexuality in Modern Europe. Any available edi-tion. De Waal F. The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates. Any available edi-tion. MEDICAL SEXOLOGY: Porst H, Reisman Y. (Eds) The ESSM syllabus of sexual medicine. MEDIX Pub., Amsterdam, 2013. Goldstein I, Clayton AH, Goldstein AT, Kim NN, Kingsberg SA. (Eds. on behalf of ISSWSH). Textbook of female func-tion and dysfunction. Wiley Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 2018. Other didactic material (articles, reviews, psychometric tools, etc.) will be given by the Professor directly to the students during the lessons.