Erectile Dysfunction

Defined and Prevention and Treatment

Heidelbaugh, J. J. (2010). Management of erectile dysfunction, American Family Physician, 81(3), 305-312.

MayoClinic Staff. (2011). Erectile dysfunction: Prevention. Retrieved from

Counseling Concerns

Millner, V. S., & Ullery, E. K. (2002).A holistic treatment approach to male erectile disorder.The Family Journal, 10, 443-447. doi:10.1177/106648002236768

Hart, T. A., & Schwartz, D. R. (2010).Cognitive-behavioral erectile dysfunction treatment for gay men.Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 17(1), 66-76.

Southern, S. (1999).Facilitating sexual health: Intimacy enhancement techniques for sexual dysfunction.Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 21(1) 15-32.

Wittmann, D. (2011). A Biopsychosocial approach to sexual recovery after prostate cancer surgery: The role of grief and mourning. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 37(2), 130-144.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Defined and Prevention and Treatment

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.(2011a). STDs today. Retrieved from

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.(2011b). STD prevention today.

Workowski, K. A., & Berman, S. (2010). Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010.Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 59, 1-110.

Counseling Concerns

Dodge, B., Reece, M., & Herbenick, D. (2009). School-based condom education and its relations with diagnoses of and testing for sexually transmitted infections among men in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 99(12), 2180-2182.

Garcia-Retamero, R., & Cokely, E. T. (2011). Effective communication of risks to young adults: Using message framing and visual aids to increase condom use and STD screening. Journal Of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 17(3), 270-287.

Goodreau, S. M., & Golden, M. R. (2007).Biological and demographic causes of high HIV and STDprevalence in men who have sex with men.Sexually Transmitted Infections,83(6):458-62.doi:10.1136/sti.2007.025627

Hackerman, A. E. (2002). adolescent inpatient behavioral health clients: Risk factors and methods of preventing an increase in HIV Infection among Youth. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 41(1), 28-44.

Rhodes, S., Hergenrather, , K.C., Bloom, F. R., Leichliter, J. S. & Montaño, J. (2009). Outcomes from a community-based, participatory lay health adviser HIV/STD prevention intervention for recently arrived immigrant Latino men in rural North Carolina. AIDS Education & Prevention, 21, 103-108.

Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy and Prostatitis

Defined and Prevention and Treatment

Men’s Health Network (2005a). Prostate health guide: BPH—Enlarged prostate: BPH basics. Retrieved from

Men’s Health Network. (2005b). Prostatitis.Retrieved from

Men’s Health Network. (2005c). BPH treatments. Retrieved from

Patel, A. K., & Chaple, C. R. (2006). Benign prostatic hyperplasia: Treatment in primary care. BMJ, 333, 535-539. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38946.616551.BE1

Schaeffer, A. J. (2006). Chronic prostatitis and the chronic pelvic pain syndrome.New England Journal of Medicine, 355, 1690-1698.

Sharp, V J., Takacs, E. B., & Powell, C. R. (2010). Prostatitis: Diagnosis and treatment. American Family Physician, 82(4), 397-406.

Counseling Concerns

Davis, S., Binik, Y. M., & Sage, C. (2009). Sexual dysfunction and pelvic pain in men: A male sexual pain disorder?.Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 35(3), 182-205.

Wise, D., & Anderson, R. U. (2011).A headache in the pelvis:A new understanding and treatment for chronic pelvic pain syndromes (6thed.). Occidental, CA: National Center for Pelvic Pain Research.

Cardiovascular Disease

Defined and Prevention and Treatment

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.(2007). Eliminate disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD). Retrieved from

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.(2011c). High blood pressure. Retrieved from

Messerli, F. H., Williams, B., & Ritz, E. (2007).Hypertension.Lancet, 370, 591-603.

Rothwell, P. M., Algra, A., & Amarenco, P. (2010).Medical treatment in acute and long-term secondary prevention after transient ischaemic attach and ischaemic stroke.Lancet, 377, 1681-1692.

Winslow, B. T., Mills, K., Pflieger, M., & Dauger, I. M. (2011).Medical management of stable coronary artery disease.American Family Physician, 83(7), 819-826.

Counseling Concerns

Atlantis, E., Grayson, D. A., Browning, C., Sims, J., & Kendig, H. (2011). Cardiovascular disease and death associated with depression and antidepressants in the Melbourne Longitudinal Studies on Healthy Ageing (MELSHA). International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 26(4), 341-350.

Heart to heart.(1994, November).Psychology Today, 27(6):16.

Kazemi-Saleh, D, Pishgoo, B, Farrokhi, F, Fotros, A, & Assari, S. (2008). Sexual function and psychological status among males and females with ischemic heart disease.Journal of Sexual Medicine, 5(10). 2330-2337.

Muller, J. E., Mittleman, M. A., Maclure, M., Sherwoodk J. B., & Toffler, G. H. (1996).Triggering myocardial infarction by sexual activity.Low absolute risk and prevention by regular physical exertion. Determinants of myocardial infarction onset study investigators. JAMA, 275(8), 1405-1409.

Salminen, M., Isoaho, R., Vahlberg, T., Ojanlatva, A., & Kivelä, S. (2005). Effects of a health advocacy, counselling, and activation programme on depressive symptoms in older coronary heart disease patients.International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20(6), 552-558.

Sheikh, A. I., & Marotta, S. A. (2008). Best practices for counseling in cardiac rehabilitation settings. Journal of Counseling & Development, 86(1), 111-120.

Diabetes Mellitus

Defined and Prevention and Treatment

American Diabetes Association.(2011). Diabetes statistics. Retrieved from

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.(2011d). National diabetes prevention program. Retrieved from

Patel, P., & Macerollo, A. (2010). Diabetes mellitus: Diagnosis and screening. American Family Physician, 81(7), 863-870.

U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (2008). What diabetes is. Retrieved from

Counseling Concerns

Fleischman, K., Smothers, M. K., Christianson, H. F., Carter, L., Hains, A. A., & Davies, W. (2011). Experiences of adolescents with Type 1 diabetes as they transition from middle school to high school.Journal of School Counseling, 9(4).Retrieved from Eric database.

Liles, R.G., & Juhnke, G. A. (2008). Adolescent diabetic control: Using the process-person-context-time model. Journal of Counseling & Development 86(1), 75-84.

Martz, E. (2003). Living with insulin-dependent diabetes: Life can still be sweet. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 47(1), 51-57.

Colon Cancer

Defined and Prevention and Treatment

Ayanian, J. Z. (2010). Racial disparities in outcomes of colorectal cancer screening: Biology or barriers to optimal care. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 102(8), 511-513. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djq089

Ballinger, A. B., & Anggiansah, C. (2007).Colorectal cancer.BMJ, 335, 715-718. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39321.527384.BE

Brenner, H., Hoffmeister, M., Arndt, V., & Haug, U. (2007). Gender differences in colorectal cancer: Implications for age at imitation of screening. British Journal of Cancer, 96(5), 828-831. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603628

Counseling Concerns

Young, W. F., McGloin, J., Zittleman, L., West, D. R., & Westfall, J. M. (2007). Predictors of colorectal screening in rural Colorado: Testing to prevent colon cancer in the high plains research network. Journal of Rural Health, 23(3), 238-245.

Shiloh, S., Koehly, L., Jenkins, J., Martin, J., & Hadley, D. Monitoring coping style moderates emotional reactions to genetic testing for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer: A longitudinal study. Psycho-Oncology, 17(8), 746-755.

Prostate Cancer

Defined and Prevention and Treatment

Hoffman, R. M. (2011). Screening for prostate cancer.New England Journal of Medicine, 365, 2013-2019.

Men’s Health Network. (2005d). Prostate health guide: Prostate cancer: Rick Factors. Retrieved from

National Cancer Institute, n.d.)

(National Cancer Institute, 2011b).

(Schröder, Roach, & Sardino, 2008; Schröder, 2011)

Counseling Concerns

(Curtis & Juhnke, 2003).

(Neese, Schover, Klein, Zippe, & Kupelian, 2003).

Testicular Cancer

Defined and Prevention and Treatment

(National Cancer Institute, 2011c)

(National Cancer Institute, 2011d

Shaw, 2008

Counseling Concerns

(Carpentier, Fortenberry, Ott, Brames, & Einhorn, 2011).

(Siafaka et al., 2008

Skaali et al., 2009).

Testicular Cancer

Defined and Prevention and Treatment

(Alberts, 2007

(CDC, 2010)

National Cancer Institute, 2010

National Cancer Institute, 2011e).

(National Cancer Institute, 2011f)

(National Cancer Institute, 2011g)

Counseling Concerns

(Carmack Taylor, 2008

(Mulcare et al., 2011)

Nekolaichuk, Cumming, Turner, Yushchyshyn, & Sela 2011)

(Sanders, Bantum, Owen, Thornton, & Stanton, 2011),

Testicular Cancer

Defined and Prevention and Treatment

CDC, 2011e

Eaton et al., 2007;

Ho &Yong, 2008;

Miller, Teti, & Larence, 2010;

Phillips, Matusko, & Tomasovic, 2007;

Men’s Health,” 2011)

Möller-Leimkühler, 2003)

(Stanistreet, Gabbay, Jeffrey, & Taylor, 2004),

Counseling Concerns

(“Men’s Health,” 2011).

(Wilson, Lange, Brundage, & Frommelt, 2003)