Psychovenereology: Personality and Lifestyle Factors in Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Homosexual Men (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780275921224)

Psychovenereology investigates the psychological factors in human disease (i.e. personality and lifestyle) and their effect on the rate of contraction of sexually transmitted diseases. It also describes the associated illnesses among people who contract sexually related disease and how social mores affect the individual's perception of the disease and how that perception, in turn, affects compliance with treatment. The book also addresses the whole chain of events ranging from high-risk behavior and its psychological determinants to the direct causes of infections and their psychological implications. Concentrating on the homosexual male, this book describes the growing field of psychovenereology and suggests educational and preventative techniques which can help break the psychological patterns of infection related behavior.

Author: Michael W. Ross,Unknown
ISBN-10: 0275921220
ISBN-13: 9780275921224
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 06/06/1986
Pages: 270
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d