THE PROBLEM:
Tens of millions of Americans suffer from debilitating sexual problems, yet sexual health is highly correlated with good general health, wellbeing, and happiness.
THE MISSION:
The MAP Education & Research Foundation is dedicated to educating all healthcare providers and especially the next generation, on how to relieve that suffering.
THE SOLUTION:
Educate all in the Sexual Tipping Point (STP) model's biomedical-psychosocial & cultural approach to understanding, diagnosing and treating sexual disorders. We motivate and mentor healthcare students and professionals through our Sexual Tipping Point® Award Program that grants a certificate and monetary prize for the best abstracts accepted for presentation at sexual professional society meetings.
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FAQ: What is the proper citation for using any STP or other mapedfund.org material in my own presentations or publications?
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Click here to download a Powerpoint presentation: “Sex Coaching: Optimizing The Diagnosis & Treatment of Sexual Dysfunctions”
A 2023 Sexual Tipping Point Award Certificate and $1000 prize was presented to Michael L. Krychman, MD by Noel Kim, Ph.D during the 2023 Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Scientific Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH) in St. Louis, March 2023. Dr. Krychman received the Award for his excellent presentation, "The Effect of Nipple Neuropathy on Women’s Sexual Health.” Dr Krychman is a Board Certified OBGYN, and a clinical health professor at the University of California Irvine. He maintains a clinical practice of complex gynecology at the Ann’s Center, a High-Risk Breast and Ovarian cancer center.
A 2022 Sexual Tipping Point Award Certificate and $1000 prize was presented to Natalie Brown, M.A, during the 2022 "Sex Research in a Lab," International Academy for Sex Research Webinar this past November, 2022. Natalie is from the UBC Sexual Health Research & UBC Brain, Attention, and Reality Lab | Psychology, The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus, Vancouver, Canada. Natalie discussed "Virtual Reality in Sex Research,”during her presentation.
A 2022 Sexual Tipping Point Award Certificate and $1000 prize was presented to Joana Carvalho, PhD during the 2022 Sex Research in a Lab, International Academy for Sex Research Webinar this past November, 2022. Joana and her co-author Pedro J. Rosa, Ph.D, are from Porto University, Porto, Portugal. Dr. Carvalho discussed “eyetracking in sex research, during her presentation: "Gender Differences in the Emotional Response and Subjective Sexual Arousal Toward Non-Consensual Sexual Intercourse: A Pupillometric Study.”
A 2022 Sexual Tipping Point Award Certificate and $1000 prize was presented to Bibiana Kemerer at the 2022 Joint Fall Scientific meeting of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America & the International Society for Sexual Medicine in Miami this past October. Bibi and her co authors Flannigan, R; Munro, S; Brotto, L. are from the University of British Columbia. While her other co-authors were Higano, C; Sundar, M; Wu, E; and Zarowsk,C are all from the Prostate Cancer Supportive Care Program. Bibi delivered a presentation on "The Use of Knowledge Translation Methodology to Incorporate Research Results into Clinical Practice: Bringing Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy into a local prostate cancer program."
The Foundation maintains and promotes mapedfund.org to distribute its Sexual Tipping Point® resources free to all health care students and professionals.
Foundation lectures and publications familiarize healthcare providers with the Foundation's Sexual Tipping Point® model's biomedical-psychosocial and cultural approach to understanding, diagnosing and treating sexual disorders.
THE SEXUAL TIPPING POINT® A BIOMEDICAL-PSYCHOSOCIAL & CULTURAL MODEL
This summary describes the Sexual Tipping Point® model's (STP) graphic representations and fundamental elements. Two arms on a dynamic balance scale labeled excitation and inhibition hold all the billions of known and unknown exciting (+) and inhibiting (-) factors that variably influence a sex- positive or sex-negative response. A person’s STP influencers or underlying are selected from the matrix of domain axes listed below the SEXUAL BALANCE SCALE, comprised of potentially relevant mental and physical factors. Each factor is represented by a “slider” (O) who’s progressively changing hues of red represent varying degrees of excitation, while blue changes in hue indicate the degree of sexual inhibition. Each slider (O) shifts along its axis based on its degree of polarity (excitation vs inhibition). The size of the slider (O) indicates the weighting (intensity/strength) of that factor’s contribution to the person’s sexual response. Diseases and injuries are implicitly noted by a slider’s (O) placement on the axes they impact.
The dots separating the mental and physical sides within the matrix reflect how the mind and body are continuously linked; how thoughts/emotions simultaneously transform into biochemical/electrical components and vice versa. Each slider (O) is lettered with an “M” or “P” symbolizing whether it is a Mental or Physical factor, as well as numbered according to the factor it represents. The lettered and numbered sliders (O) are then placed into the arms of the SEXUAL BALANCE SCALE to illustrate the primary factors that determine the STP. Some factors may be neutral (=) while others are not yet discovered (?). The STP is the net sum of all Mental and Physical factors, displayed on a balance scale spanning excitation to inhibition. Each factor's slider setting contributes to the STP’s dynamic representation of any individual’s manifest sexual response at any moment in time.
FAQ: What is the citation that should be used if I incorporate any of the STP or mapedfund images into my own presentation or use in my own publications? "This image is provided courtesy of Michael A. Perelman, Ph.D. and is based on the Sexual Tipping Point Model®, owned by and used with the permission of the MAP Education & Research Foundation (mapedfund.org).”
2018 SEXUAL TIPPING POINT® MODEL
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“Sex Coaching: How The Sexual Tipping Point Model® Helps Optimize The Diagnosis & Treatment Of PE,”
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, San Francisco, CA, May, 2018.
We want to thank the Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) for honoring Dr. Perelman with their 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award presented at the 2022 Joint Scientific Meeting of the SMSNA/ISSM opening ceremonies in Miami, Fl. It is especially appreciated as an implicit recognition of the work of the MAP Education & Research Foundation and its Sexual Tipping Point® Model that promotes a biomedical-psychosocial and cultural approach to the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of sexual disorders in women and men.
We want to thank the American Association for Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) membership for honoring Dr. Perelman with their 2019 Integrative Approaches to Sex Therapy Award, presented at their 2019 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA. It is especially appreciated as implicit recognition of the work of the MAP Education & Research Foundation and its Sexual Tipping Point® Model that promotes a biomedical-psychosocial and cultural approach to the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of sexual disorders in women and men.
