Gender identity disorder in young people

Gender Identity Disorder

Gender identity disorder and courtship disorder.

A hypothetical connection between gender identity disorder and courtship disorder was investigated in 274 heterosexual male patients of the following types: nontransvestic fetishists for female attire; transvestic fetishists; patients with gender identity disorder of adolescence and adulthood, nontranssexual type; and transsexuals. Of these patients, 53 had also demonstrated one or more of the ...

Gender identity disorder in children and adolescents.

There has been an explosion of public interest and concern about children and adolescents who show an interest in changing their gender. And it is an emerging problem for pediatricians, which brings many inquiries about what to do? Both the diagnosis and treatment of gender identity disorder are controversial. But there are a new early treatment using puberty blocking hormones.

Lay Theories of Gender Identity Disorder

This study examined lay theories regarding gender identity disorder (GID). Pilot interviews were completed with participants (n = 10) regarding their views on possible causes and treatments of GID. Participants (mainly young British people and students; n = 124) then completed a questionnaire that was based on the interviews and a review of the salient literature on lay theories. As hypothesize...

Gender Identity Disorder : a Case Report*

The aetiology of transsexualism is not yet clearly understood. Stoller's studies (1970) on psychoanalytical lines postulate that by encouraging every sign of gracefulness, delicacy, unaggressiveness and interest in feminine ways the mother re-inforces her son's advance towards femininity. Hamburg (1971) among others has suggested that hormonal factors operating on the foetal brain during the cr...