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Yitzchak (Irv) M. Binik, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)

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Professor of Psychology, McGill University
Director, Sex and Couple Therapy Service,
McGill University Health Center (Royal Victoria Hospital)

binik@ego.psych.mcgill.ca
Telephone: (514) 398-6095

Research Interests:

Sexuality, Health Psychology, Pain

Honours:

2007 Masters and Johnson Award for lifetime achievement, Society for Sex Therapy and Research

2004 Distinguished Contribution to Professional Psychology, Canadian Psychological Association

Recent Publications:

Binik, Y.M. & Meana, M. (in press) The future of sex therapy: Specialization or marginalization? Archives of Sexual Behavior.

Paterson, L, Khalifé, S. & Binik, Y.M. (in press). Persistent genital and pelvic pain after childbirth. Journal of Sexual Medicine.

Kao, A., Binik, Y. M., Kapuscinski, A., & Khalifé, S. (in press). Dyspareunia in postmenopausal women: A critical review. Pain Research and Management.

Meana, M. Binik, Y.M. & Thaler, L. (2008). Assessment of Sexual Dysfunction. In J. Hunsley & E.J. Mash (Eds.), A Guide to Assessments that work (pp.464-487). New York: Oxford University Press.

Farmer, M. A., Kukkonen, T. & Binik, Y. M. (2008). F Dyspareunia and vaginismus demystified. In D.L. Rowland & L. Incrocci, (Eds.), Handbook of sexual and gender identity disorders (pp. 220-250). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Bergeron, S., Khalifé, S., Glazer, H. I., & Binik, Y. M. (2008). Surgical and behavioral treatments for vestibulodynia: 2.5-year follow-up and predictors of outcome. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 111, 159-166.

Lahaie, M. A. & Binik, Y. M. (2007). Dyspareunia and vaginismus. In R.F. Schmidt & W.D. Willis, (Eds.), Encyclopedic Reference of Pain (pp .673-675). Heidelberg, Germany, Springer-Verlag.

Binik, Y. M., Bergeron, S., & Khalifé, S. (2007). Dyspareunia and vaginismus: So called sexual pain. In S. Leiblum (Ed.) Principles and practice of sex therapy (pp. 124-156). NY: Guilford.

Desrosiers, M., Bergeron, S., Meana, M,m Leclerc, B., Binik, Y. M., & Khalifé, S. (2008). Psychosocial characteristics of vestibulodynia couples: Partner solicitousness and hostility are associated with pain. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 5, 418-427.

Pukall, C. F., Kandyba, K., Amsel, R., Khalifé, S., & Binik, Y. M. (2007). Effectiveness of hypnosis for the treatment of vulvar vestibulitis syndrome: A preliminary investigation. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 4, 417-425.

Payne, K., Thaler, L., Kukkonen, T., Carrier, S., & Binik, Y.M. (2007). Sensation and sexual arousal in circumcised and uncircumcised men. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 4, 667-674.

Payne, K. A., Binik, Y. M., Pukall, C. F., Thaler, L., Amsel, R. & Khalife, S. (2007). Effects of sexual arousal on genital and non-genital sensation: A comparison of women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome and healthy controls. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36, 289-300.

Kukkonen, T. M., Binik, Y. M., Amsel, R., & Carrier S. (2007). Thermography as a physiological measure of sexual arousal in both men and women. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 4, 93-105.
Current Research Grants:
Sexual Pain is not that Sexy: A Multidimensional but Pain Focused Model. (2005-2010).
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, $703,000.
Role: Principal Investigator

Thermography as a Measure of Female Sexual Arousal. (2005-06).
Pfizer Canada, $90,000.
Role: Co-Principal Investigator with Serge Carrier M.D.

Thermography as a Measure of Male Sexual Arousal. (2005).
Conseil canadien de santé sexuelle pour hommes, $30,000.
Co-Principal Investigator with Serge Carrier M.D.

 

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