Gender Identity Disorders: Current Medical and Social Paradigm and the ICD-11 Innovations

Introduction. This article presents a review of current concepts gender identity under normal and pathological conditions.
 Aim. To analyse the impact medical social paradigm shift for clinical practice.
 Results discussion. The modern academic literature devoted to disorders is characterized by variety terminology, in emphasis from judgement socially beneficial normocentric approach relatively few advanced, evidence-based research. There also lack evidence theory underlying new approach, which raises serious doubts about validity revision. In same time, position Russian psychiatrists remains be more clinically oriented.
 Conclusion. Patients who declare desire reassign their have assessed differential diagnosis exclude mental disorder. such cases, destigmatization critical than depathologization disorders.