{"product_id":"secret-suffering-susan-bilheimer-9780313359217","title":"Secret Suffering: How Women's Sexual and Pelvic Pain Affects Their Relationships","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough classic, new, and emerging research, with statements from experts and interviews with Chronic Pelvic Pain (CPP) sufferers and their partners and spouses, \u003ci\u003eSecret Suffering: How Women's Sexual and Pelvic Pain Affects Their Relationships\u003c\/i\u003e exposes and gives strong voice and compassionate understanding to this complex disorder.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSecret Suffering: How Women's Sexual and Pelvic Pain Affects Their Relationships\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to explain how pelvic and sexual pain affects the lives of women (and men) and their partners in their own words\/ The work also provides information on cutting-edge research and describes the most effective treatment modalities. Susan Bilheimer, coauthor, shares her own experiences as a patient who has gone down the painful, frustrating road of living with an illness that is often dismissed and not taken seriously. Robert J. Echenberg, M.D., coauthor, has treated over 700 women (and some men) with the disorder. He shares his decades of experience and expertise as a gynecologist and specialist in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot only does CPP interfere with a woman's physical and mental health, it can wreak havoc in family relationships, ruin careers, and wreck marriages. In the majority of cases, women suffer in silence. Even when they do seek medical help, what they find too often is inadequate care, as most doctors, even gynecological specialists, are not properly trained in recognizing, much less treating, all aspects of CPP. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough classic, new, and emerging research, with statements from experts and interviews with CPP sufferers and their partners, \u003ci\u003eSecret Suffering\u003c\/i\u003e exposes and gives strong voice and compassionate understanding to this complex disorder. Most importantly, information on effective treatments for CPP, as well as the depression and other psychological fallout it may cause, are presented. Through \u003ci\u003eSecret Suffering\u003c\/i\u003e, Bilheimer and Echenberg finally shatter the silence, educate patients, build understanding, and demand that chronic pelvic and genital pain be taken seriously by the medical community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Bilheimer, Robert J. Echenberg M. D.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313359210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313359217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2009 pg. 95","brand":"Susan Bilheimer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45264984834303,"sku":"9780313359217","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dfdd21d0-6e28-47d7-8c4d-d67483ab4792.jpg?v=1713419820","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/secret-suffering-susan-bilheimer-9780313359217","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}