Risen C B
Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Psychiatr Clin North Am. 1995 Mar;18(1):39-53.
Anxiety about discussing sexual issues often leads to an avoidance of the topic. This article encourages and assists clinicians in the task of taking a thorough sexual history. The barriers to accomplishing this task are explored, and a conceptual framework for inquiring about the components of sexual life is provided.