Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a prevalent medical condition. With the advent of phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) inhibitors, the treatment of ED has been revolutionized during the last two decades. Although there are great advances in the diagnosis and treatment of ED, there are two common controversial issues in our practice that merit further discussion. First, psychogenic or organic ED? ED is...

The concept of psychogenic pain has stimulated controversy in the field of pain medicine, not only regarding its prevalence, but indeed its very existence. Some would even hold that the term is fundamentally meaningless. Whether meaningless or not, it is often hated—by physicians in pain medicine whose patients have been harmed by not having been taken seriously, and by patients who experience ...