Supporting materials for consultation

Scales and assessment instruments

Consult validated scales.

Clinical Guidelines and Recommendations

• Fifth International Consultation on Sexual Medicine — ICSM 2024 Updated International Recommendations in Sexual Medicine

• Kink Clinical Practice Guidelines Project. "Clinical practice guidelines for working with people with kink interests." (2019).

• EAU Guidelines on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2026: European guidelines on erectile dysfunction, ejaculation, male sexual desire, hypogonadism, and other areas.

Health of Transgender People

• Coleman, Eli, et al. "Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8" International journal of transgender health 23.S1 (2022): S1-S259.

• Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/Gender-Incongruent Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline

• t'Sjoen, Guy, et al. "European Society for Sexual Medicine position statement “Assessment and hormonal management in adolescent and adult trans people, with attention to sexual function and satisfaction”." The Journal of Sexual Medicine 17.4 (2020): 570-584.

• Guide for Families of Transgender People - AMPLOS

• Guide on Transgender Health and Laws in Portugal - ex aequo Network

Menopause

• BMS Tools for Clinicians

• Rees, Margaret, et al. "The essential menopause curriculum for healthcare professionals: a European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) position statement." Maturitas 158 (2022): 70-77.

• Faubion, Stephanie S., et al. "The 2022 hormone therapy position statement of the North American Menopause Society." Menopause 29.7 (2022): 767-794.

• Lumsden, Mary Ann, et al. " European Society of Endocrinology clinical practice guideline for evaluation and management of menopause and the perimenopause." European journal of endocrinology 193.4 (2025): G49-G81.

• Gibbons, Stephen M., et al. "Optimizing testosterone therapy in patients with hypoactive sexual desire disorder." The British Journal of General Practice: the Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 75,753 (2025): 189-190.

• Parish, Sharon J., et al. " International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health clinical practice guideline for the use of systemic testosterone for hypoactive sexual desire disorder in women." Climacteric 24.6 (2021): 533-550.

Oncosexology

• Clinical Guidelines for Sexual Health and Prostate Cancer

• Carter, Jeanne, et al. "Interventions to address sexual problems in people with cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology clinical practice guideline." Journal of clinical oncology (2018) 173-179