Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 33:433–437, 2007 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 0092-623X print / 1521-0715 online DOI: 10.1080/00926230701477154 Medical Solutions Have Improved the Treatment of Sexological Problems and Created More Demand for Sexological Care ANNAMARIA GIRALDI and ELLIDS KRISTENSEN Sexological Clinic, Copenhagen, Denmark Dr. Rowland put forward the question ‘Will medical solutions to sexual prob- lems make sexological care and science obsolete’ (2007)? The immediate an- swer to Dr. Rowlands question is “no.” We do agree when Dr. Rowland states that “sexual and relationship satisfaction are multi-dimensional constructs, that sexual/genital performance accounts for only a portion of the variation in these endpoints, and that attainment of true sexual health and satisfaction will require an integrated approach that includes psychological-relationship factors.” Still we find it important to state that “Medical solutions have im- proved the treatment of sexological problems and created more demand for sexological care.” The present article may though run the risk of creating a gap between the different disciplines within the field of sexual health/medicine/sexology. We politely disagree when Dr. Rowland creates a gap between “sexual medicine” and what he calls sexological science and sex therapy. This may imply it is an either/or situation. It is correct that sexual medicine has become the term that is often used now and this gives a more disease-oriented model. But how is “sexual medicine” defined? Dr. Rowland defines it as medical solutions focusing on physical or biomedical solutions. Medicine comes from the latin word mederi which means to cure, so basically sexual medicine must mean to cure sexual problems. In other medical areas this will imply the under- standing of the aetiology of a condition, how to prevent it, how to relieve or cure it if possible. In our opinion it has never been implicated that this is only a biological matter. Journal of Sexual Medicine defines sexual medicine as: “a discipline of medicine that deals with sexual problems—physical as well as psychological.” The European Academy for Sexual Medicine has this year introduced a residential summer school aiming at educating physicians in sexual medicine and the program focuses equally on biological and nonbio- logical topics (summerschool2007@sexualmedicine.org) (Pryor, 2007). These Address correspondence to Annamaria Giraldi, Sexological Clinic, Rigshospitalet 7411, Copenhagen, Denmark 2100. E-mail: annamaria@giraldi.dk 433