Global InformationGender dysphoria information
| Gender dysphoria | |
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| Other names | Gender identity disorder |
| Specialty | Psychiatry, psychology  |
| Symptoms | Distress related to one's assigned gender, sex, and/or sex characteristics[1][2][3] |
| Complications | Eating disorders, suicide, depression, anxiety, social isolation[4] |
| Differential diagnosis | Variance in gender identity or expression that is not distressing[1][3] |
| Treatment | Transitioning, psychotherapy[2][3] |
| Medication | Hormones (e.g., androgens, antiandrogens, estrogens) |
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Gender dysphoria (GD) is the distress a person experiences due to a mismatch between their gender identity—their personal sense of their own gender—and their sex assigned at birth.[5][6] The term replaced the previous diagnostic label of gender identity disorder (GID) in 2013 with the release of the diagnostic manual DSM-5. The condition was renamed to remove the stigma associated with the term disorder.[7]
People with gender dysphoria commonly identify as transgender.[8] Gender nonconformity is not the same thing as gender dysphoria[9] and does not always lead to dysphoria or distress.[10]
The causes of gender incongruence are unknown but a gender identity likely reflects genetic, biological, environmental, and cultural factors.[11][12][13] Diagnosis can be given at any age, although gender dysphoria in children and adolescents may manifest differently than in adults.[14] Complications may include anxiety, depression, and eating disorders.[8] Treatment for gender dysphoria includes social transitioning and often includes hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and/or gender-affirming surgeries, and psychotherapy.[2][3]
Some researchers and transgender people argue for the declassification of the condition because they say the diagnosis pathologizes gender variance and reinforces the binary model of gender.[15] However, this declassification could carry implications for healthcare accessibility, as HRT and gender-affirming surgery could be deemed cosmetic by insurance providers, as opposed to medically necessary treatment, thereby affecting coverage.[16]
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- ^ a b c Maddux JE, Winstead BA (2015). Psychopathology: Foundations for a Contemporary Understanding. Routledge. pp. 464–465. ISBN 978-1317697992. Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Coleman E (2011). "Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender-Nonconforming People, Version 7" (PDF). International Journal of Transgenderism. 13 (4). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group: 165–232. doi:10.1080/15532739.2011.700873. S2CID 39664779. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 2, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
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Gender identity refers to an individual's personal sense of identity as masculine or feminine, or some combination thereof.
- ^ DSM-5 fact sheet 2013: "DSM-5 aims to avoid stigma and ensure clinical care for individuals who see and feel themselves to be a different gender than their assigned gender. It replaces the diagnostic name 'gender identity disorder' with 'gender dysphoria', as well as makes other important clarifications in the criteria."
- ^ a b Russo J, Coker JK, King JH (2017). DSM-5® and Family Systems. Springer Publishing Company. p. 352. ISBN 978-0826183996. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
People meeting criteria for Gender Dysphoria most often identify themselves as trans or transgender. Trans or transgender can be used as umbrella terms to include the broad spectrum of persons whose gender identity differs from the assigned gender (APA, 2013).
- ^ Parekh, Ranna. "What Is Gender Dysphoria?". American Psychiatric Publishing. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ^ "Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People" (PDF) (ver. 7 ed.). World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). 2011. Archived from the original on August 14, 2015.
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