Preben Hertoft (5 January 1928 – 26 February 2017), was a Danish

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...

and professor in medical

sexology Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behaviors, and functions. The term ''sexology'' does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sexuality, such as social criticism. Sexologists app ...

, senior doctorate in medicine. After the death of his mentor Kirsten Auken, Hertoft worked over 40 years as a sexologist doing research, treatment, counseling and education. In 1986 he founded the first medical centre for sexology in Denmark. Most of the time he had heterosexual and

homosexual Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" to peop ...

patients with sexual problems in therapy, but he also treated and counselled transvestites and

pedophiles Pedophilia ( alternatively spelt paedophilia) is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children. Although girls typically begin the process of puberty a ...

. He was elected a fellow by the

Society for the Scientific Study of Sex A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Soc ...

for outstanding contributions to the field.

Selected works

* Preben Hertoft: Paradiset er ikke til salg aradise is not for sale - on transvestites* Preben Hertoft: Klinisk sexologi edical sexology* Preben Hertoft et al.: Paedagogisk sexologi ducational sexology

References

External links

The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hertoft, Preben 1928 births 2017 deaths Danish psychiatrists Danish sexologists