Robert Taylor Segraves (born 1941) is an American

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...

who works on

sexual dysfunction Sexual dysfunction is difficulty experienced by an individual or partners during any stage of normal sexual activity, including physical pleasure, desire, preference, arousal, or orgasm. The World Health Organization defines sexual dysfunction as ...

and its

pharmacologic Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action, where a drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemic ...

causes and treatments.

Career

Segraves attended the

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and graduated with a

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from

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in 1963 and would later receive a

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from the same institution. He completed his residency in psychiatry at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

and earned a

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from the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

. Segraves is professor of psychiatry at

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Case Western Reserve School of Medicine (CWRU SOM, CaseMed) is the medical school of Case Western Reserve University, a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. It is the largest biomedical research center in Ohio. History On November 1 ...

and chair of the department of psychiatry at

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medical center. He was a member of the

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task forces on sexual disorders for the DSM-III-R, DSM-IV and DSM-IV-TR editions. He is editor of the ''Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy'' and on the editorial board of the ''International Journal of Impotence Research''. Much of Segraves' work focuses on

female sexual arousal disorder Female sexual arousal disorder (FSAD) is a disorder characterized by a persistent or recurrent inability to attain sexual arousal or to maintain arousal until the completion of a sexual activity. The diagnosis can also refer to an inadequate lub ...

(FSAD). Noting that "somehow depression and

libido Libido (; colloquial: sex drive) is a person's overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity. Libido is influenced by biological, psychological, and social factors. Biologically, the sex hormones and associated neurotransmitters that act up ...

are interconnected,"Ranii, David (April 24, 2001). GlaxoSmithKline Tests Anti-Depressant for Libido Enhancement Qualities. ''

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''. Segraves has examined the interplay between

antidepressant Antidepressants are a class of medication used to treat major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, chronic pain conditions, and to help manage addictions. Common side-effects of antidepressants include dry mouth, weight gain, dizziness, hea ...

s and libido.Foy, Nicole (May 15, 1999). Anti-depressant emerges as dampener of sex drive. ''

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'' He has conducted

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and

clinical trial Clinical trials are prospective biomedical or behavioral research studies on human participants designed to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioral interventions, including new treatments (such as novel vaccines, drugs, dietar ...

s on drugs that show promise in improving female sexual response, including

bupropion Bupropion, sold under the brand names Wellbutrin and Zyban among others, is an atypical antidepressant primarily used to treat major depressive disorder and to support smoking cessation. It is also popular as an add-on medication in the case ...

.Beckman, Mary (September 20, 2006). Quest for the little pink pill; An antidepressant, a topical oil and a supplement: Could one be a female Viagra? ''

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'' Segraves was section co-editor with Stephen B. Levine for the section on

sexual Sex is the biological distinction of an organism between male and female. Sex or SEX may also refer to: Biology and behaviour *Animal sexual behaviour **Copulation (zoology) **Human sexual activity **Non-penetrative sex, or sexual outercourse ** ...

and

gender identity disorder Gender dysphoria (GD) is the distress a person experiences due to a mismatch between their gender identitytheir personal sense of their own genderand their sex assigned at birth. The diagnostic label gender identity disorder (GID) was used until ...

s in ''Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders'' by

Glen Gabbard Glen Owens Gabbard (born 1949) is an American psychiatrist known for authoring professional teaching texts for the field. He is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and is also training and supervising ...

. Notable contributors included

Martin Kafka Martin Paul Kafka (born 1947) is an American psychiatrist best known for his work on sex offenders, paraphilias and what he calls "paraphilia-related disorders" such as sex addiction and hypersexuality. Career Kafka earned his undergraduate deg ...

(

paraphilia Paraphilia (previously known as sexual perversion and sexual deviation) is the experience of intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, situations, fantasies, behaviors, or individuals. It has also been defined as sexual interest in anything ot ...

s) and

Kenneth Zucker Kenneth J. Zucker (; born 1950) is an American-Canadian psychologist and sexologist. He was named editor-in-chief of ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'' in 2001. He was psychologist-in-chief at Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) ...

(

gender identity disorder in children Gender dysphoria in children (GD), also known as gender incongruence of childhood, is a formal diagnosis for children who experience significant discontent ( gender dysphoria) due to a mismatch between their assigned sex and gender identity. T ...

and adolescents).Segraves RT, Levine SB (section editors). Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders. In Gabbard GO, ed. (2001). ''Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders.''

Selected publications

*Segraves RT (1982). ''Marital Therapy: A Combined Psychodynamic-behavioral Approach.'' Plenum Medical Book Co. *Segraves RT, Haeberle EJ (1984). ''Emerging Dimensions of Sexology: Selected Papers from the Proceedings of the Sixth World Congress of Sexology.'' Greenwood Pub Group *Segraves RT, Schoenberg HW (1985). ''Diagnosis and Treatment of Erectile Disturbances: A Guide for Clinicians.'' Plenum Medical Book Co. *Basson R, Berman J, Burnett A, Derogatis L, Ferguson D, Fourcroy J, Goldstein I, Graziottin A, Heiman J, Laan E, Leiblum S, Padma-Nathan H, Rosen R, Segraves K, Segraves RT, Shabsigh R, Sipski M, Wagner G, Whipple B (2001). Report of the International Consensus Development Conference on Female Sexual Dysfunction: Definitions and Classifications. ''Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy'', Volume 27, Issue 2 March 2001, pages 83 – 94. *Coleman CC, King BR, Bolden-Watson C, Book MJ, Segraves RT, Richard N, Ascher J, Batey S, Jamerson B, Metz A (2001). A placebo-controlled comparison of the effects on sexual functioning of bupropion sustained release and fluoxetine. ''Clinical Therapeutics''. Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2001, Pages 1040-1058. *Segraves RT, Balon R (2003). ''Sexual Pharmacology: Fast Facts.'' Norton
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*Segraves RT, Clayton A, Croft H, Wolf A, Warnock J (2004). Bupropion sustained release for the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women. ''Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology'' 24(3):339-342. *Balon R, Segraves RT (2005). ''Handbook of Sexual Dysfunction.'' Taylor & Francis Ltd. *Levine SB, Segraves RT (2007). Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders. In Gabbard GO (ed.). ''Gabbard's Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders.'' American Psychiatric Pub, Inc.

References

External links

Robert Taylor Segraves curriculum vitae
via MetroHealth {{DEFAULTSORT:Segraves, Robert Taylor 1941 births Living people American psychiatrists American sexologists