Management challenges in a case of gender identity disorder
Gender identity disorder (GID) is a complex disorder and can be defined as a group of disorders whose common feature is a strong and persistent preference for living as a person of the other sex. It is associated with significant impairment in social, occupational, interpersonal, and other areas of...
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| description | Gender identity disorder (GID) is a complex disorder and can be defined as a group of disorders whose common feature is a strong and persistent preference for living as a person of the other sex. It is associated with significant impairment in social, occupational, interpersonal, and other areas of functioning. We describe the case of an adolescent, biologically male who was brought to our outpatient department primarily with symptoms of adjustment disorder with GID and the management provided. The role of a psychiatrist in the management, ethical and legal issues involved is also discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-95aa959ca6e04e42a3ec9c81722f5b262022-12-21T18:57:36ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndustrial Psychiatry Journal0972-67482014-01-0123215715910.4103/0972-6748.151696Management challenges in a case of gender identity disorderAnubhav RathiManjeet Singh BhatiaGender identity disorder (GID) is a complex disorder and can be defined as a group of disorders whose common feature is a strong and persistent preference for living as a person of the other sex. It is associated with significant impairment in social, occupational, interpersonal, and other areas of functioning. We describe the case of an adolescent, biologically male who was brought to our outpatient department primarily with symptoms of adjustment disorder with GID and the management provided. The role of a psychiatrist in the management, ethical and legal issues involved is also discussed.http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2014;volume=23;issue=2;spage=157;epage=159;aulast=RathiAdolescentgender identity disordertransgendertranssexual |
| spellingShingle | Anubhav Rathi Manjeet Singh Bhatia Management challenges in a case of gender identity disorder Industrial Psychiatry Journal Adolescent gender identity disorder transgender transsexual |
| title | Management challenges in a case of gender identity disorder |
| title_full | Management challenges in a case of gender identity disorder |
| title_fullStr | Management challenges in a case of gender identity disorder |
| title_full_unstemmed | Management challenges in a case of gender identity disorder |
| title_short | Management challenges in a case of gender identity disorder |
| title_sort | management challenges in a case of gender identity disorder |
| topic | Adolescent gender identity disorder transgender transsexual |
| url | http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2014;volume=23;issue=2;spage=157;epage=159;aulast=Rathi |
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