Gender identity disorders
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This is sexual deviance. The etiology is unclear, most likely it is the result of a complex ontogenetic development. Prenatal androgens play a role here in a certain sense.
Transsexualism[edit | edit source]
It is dissatisfaction with one's own anatomical sex. It is an effort to get the opposite sex. In order to establish a diagnosis, it is necessary to follow the person in question for at least 2 years. This is not transvetism!!!
Dual role transvetism[edit | edit source]
It is characterized by changing into the clothes of the opposite sex without sexual excitement.
Gender identity disorder in childhood[edit | edit source]
It always appears for the first time before puberty. The person wishes to be of the opposite sex. It is more common in boys, the disorder is permanent. About a third of them are homosexuals.
Links[edit | edit source]
Source[edit | edit source]
- BENEŠ, Jiří. Studijní materiály [online]. ©2006. [cit. Otázky z Psychiatrie]. <http://jirben2.chytrak.cz/>.
References[edit | edit source]
- RABOCH, Jiří, et al. Psychiatrie. 1. edition. Praha : Galén, 2001. 622 pp. ISBN 80-7262-140-8.
