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Dennerstein has held numerous elected and honorary positions both internationally and within
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dysfunction. She holds current positions as professor emeritus for the department of psychiatry at The
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on libido in women. Subsequently, she qualified as a psychiatrist in 1980, obtained a
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Book of the Year Award "Arthur
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