There are two
components of Gender Identity Disorder, both of which must be present
to make the diagnosis. There must be evidence of a strong and persistent
gross-gender identification, which is the desire to be, or the insistence
that one is of the other sex. This cross-gender identification must
not merely be a desire for any perceived cultural advantages of
being the other sex.
All
Mixed Up - A Site concerned with transgender issues. Madeline
H. Wyndzen, Ph. D., a transgendered professor of psychology, discusses
her personal experiences with gender dysphoria and critiques the mental
illness model of "gender identity disorder". 3/5
Gender
Identity Disorders in Children and Adolescents - Guidance for
Management. A PDF File . Gender identity disorders in children and
adolescents are rare and complex conditions. They are often associated
with emotional and behavioural difficulties. Intense distress is often
experienced, particularly in adolescence.. Not
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GID
Reform Advocates - GID Reform Advocates are medical professionals,
caregivers, scholars, researchers, students, human rights advocates,
and members of the transgender, bisexual, lesbian and gay communities
and their allies who advocate reform of the psychiatric classification
of gender diversity as mental disorder. 3/5
Homosexuality
and Gender Identity Disorders are not the same. - An Article.
There is Gender Identity Disorder (GID)/transsexual and Gender Identity
Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (GIDNOS)/informally transgender,
with sub-classifications for children and adults. What is also not
mentioned is the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association’s
Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders (Sixth Version. http://wpath.org/
which are the standards of care used throughout most of the world.
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Is
Gender Identity Disorder an Illness? - Gender identity disorder
refers to individuals who are living as one gender but were born another
biological sex and most often are having problems dealing with their
situation. Psychiatrists use this term to explain the disorders that
are related to issues of trans-gender identity and transsexuals. This
classification is also used to refer to people who call themselves
transsexuals, but they don't necessarily feel that it is a disorder.
An Article by Mike Selvon. Not Rated
What
is Gender Identity Disorder? - A person with a gender identity
disorder is a person who strongly identifies with the other sex. The
individual may identify with the opposite sex to the point of believing
that he/she is, in fact, a member of the other sex who is trapped
in the wrong body. 3/5
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