Emotional, Physical and Sexual Abuse - Impact on Individuals, Couples, Children and Minorities

This new edition aims to examine the impacts of maltreatment of both children and social minorities, such as homosexuals and gender dysphoric individuals or those affected by disabilities, in women, in patients, and describes skills that are of value in supporting victims of maltreatment and preventing discrimination. On this purpose, the new book is not only an update of the current literature on the topic, but will be also enriched by chapters dealing with the subtle border between courtship and harassment, with the responsibilities of the health professionals, with the role of internet and pornography in the 'economy' of abuses and sexual slavery, with forensic aspects of the abuses and with therapy of both suffered and operated sexual violence starting from prevention as social education until medical approaches.   

This new edition will be particularly useful to sexual medicine specialists, medical doctors, psychologists and psychiatrists, as well as graduate students in these disciplines, but also to sociologists, educators and law professionals. By fostering a better understanding of discrimination triggers and effects, this new edition will help clinicians and mentors to provide improved support through the tailoring of therapies to the needs of maltreated and abused individuals.

Prof. Giovanni Corona works as endocrinologist and andrologist at the Endocrinology Unit of Maggiore-Bologna Hospital, Bologna, Italy. He received the MD degree from the University of Bologna, passed the board examination in Endocrinology and holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Florence. He is co-author of more than 350 peer-reviewed manuscripts, and various book chapters and invited reviews in the field of endocrinology and sexual medicine. He is associated Editor of the Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. He is member of the editorial board of Andrology, Hormones, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Journal of Sexual Medicine. From 2010 to 2015 he was an associate editor of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, and he is now the associate editor of the same journal. He is a member of the European Society of Endocrinology, and Academician of the European Academy of Andrology (EAA) and the co-chair of the 'Guidelines Committee' of the EAA. In 2018 he became President of the Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine and was also nominated as the Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Society for Sexual Medicine. He is current president of the European Society for Sexual Medicine and Secretary of the International Society of Andrology.

Emmanuele A. Jannini, MD, OMRI, KSG, KHS, SMOCG, a Full Professor of Endocrinology and Medical Sexology (ENDOSEX) and director of the Postgraduate School of Endocrinology at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, was a guest researcher and fellow at the Clinical Endocrinology Branch, NIDDK/NIH, Bethesda, and lecturer at St Catherine's College, Oxford on courses of the European Academy of Sexual Medicine. He is or has been a visiting professor of Andrology at the Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou), Anhui Medical University (Hefei), Jiao Tong University (Shanghai), Daxin Hospital (Xi'an), and Academic Advisor of the First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; moreover, he is currently an Honorary Professor of Andrology & Sexual Medicine at the Hanoi School of Medicine. Prof. Jannini is chairman of the Education Committee of the European Academy of Andrology, the Multidisciplinary Joint Committee on Sexual Medicine of the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes, the Italian Academy for Couple Health, and past president and past general secretary of the Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine and the Italian Society of Endocrinology, respectively. He is an international expert in andrology and medical sexology, having published 300 well-recognized scientific studies and books on premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, paraphilias, thyroid hormone receptor, and female sexual function and dysfunction. In 2023, Prof. Jannini received the Career Award of the European Society of Sexual Medicine.

Prof. Mario Maggi is Full Professor of Endocrinology at University of Florence (Italy) since Sept. 2000. Chief of the Endocrinological Unit at the Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences 'Mario Serio', at the same University, since Nov. 2018. Director of the School of Specialization in Endocrinology at the same University, since Nov. 2019. Academic employment history: He got a Fellowship at the Laboratory of Theoretical and Physical Biology, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD (USA) in 1985-86. He was Consultant at Molecular Genetic Section Pediatric Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD (USA) in 1991. He served as Assistant Professor at Andrology Unit, AOUC (Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi), Florence (Italy) from 1993 to 2000. He was Chief of the Andrology Unit at AOUC (Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi), Florence (Italy) from 2005 to 2009. He was Chief of the Sexual Medicine and Andrology Unit at the Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences 'Mario Serio', University of Florence (Italy) from 2009 to 2018.  Publications/awards: Prof. Maggi is the author of 700 peer-reviewed manuscripts in the fields of human reproduction and sexual medicine. Actual H-Index Google Scholar: 117  (from 2018: 72) - H-Index Scopus: 93. He received numerous research grants and awards, last of which the 'Career Award 2020' awarded to him at the 22nd Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine (23-25 January 2020). He was Associate Editor for the 'Human Reproduction Update' and the 'International Journal of Endocrinology' and 'Journal of Sexual Medicine'; at the present, he is Associate Editor of the 'Journal of Endocrinological Investigation'.