[Andrological diagnosis from the viewpoint of the sexologist]

The importance of a medical sexological diagnosis, carried on with methodological and clinical rigour by specialists competent in the andrological as well as in the sexological field and the need of a close collaboration with the uro-andrologist is analyzed. From the diagnostic point of view, the priority role of the medical sexologist in the diagnosis of andrological problems with a functional etiology, in the evaluation of negative NPT, VSS and pharmaco-injection tests, secondary advantages of the symptom and of the partner's role in the genesis and in the maintenance of the problem is finally discussed.