Ebook: Gender Dysphoria: Development, Research, Management
- Tags: Psychiatry, Sexual Behavior
- Series: Perspectives in Sexuality
- Year: 1985
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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In the decade-and-a-half since I coedited Transsexualism and Sex Reassignment (Green & Money, 1969), remarkable changes have occurred with Harry Ben jamin's "transsexual phenomenon" (1966). Formerly, when writing about this condition in scientific journals, it was necessary to define the term transsex ualism. Now the lay public recognizes it. Even the American Psychiatric Asso ciation acknowledges it as a "disorder," with its inclusion in the Third Edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (1980). Although this "elevation" to the status of mental illness may seem a Pyrrhic victory, it is a recognition of the legitimacy of transsexual ism as a source of human suffering. The controversy that surrounded the decisions in the early patient cases to perform sex-change surgery has largely dissipated. The cries of "collusion with delusion," principally from psychoanalysts, have quieted. The dire predictions of psychosis and/or suicide following surgery as the "last psychic defenses are cut away" have almost never been realized. By contrast, many postoperative patients consider the surgery to have been life-saving. Medical centers worldwide have incorporated programs for evaluating and treating persons requesting sex reas signment. Elaborate guidelines for patient management have been developed by an international organization of health care professionals (Harry Benjamin Inter national Gender Dysphoria Association, 1981). Harry Benjamin's child has come of age.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-10
The Origin of Gender Identity....Pages 11-32
Etiology of Transsexualism....Pages 33-73
Cross-Gender-Identified Children....Pages 75-174
Gender Disorders in Childhood....Pages 175-188
The Spectrum of Gender Identity Disturbances....Pages 189-206
The Meanings of Cross-Dressing....Pages 207-225
Research Methods for the Typological Study of Gender Disorders in Males....Pages 227-257
Cross-Gender Identity in a Broader Context....Pages 259-324
The Management of Patients with Gender Disorders....Pages 325-350
Transsexuals, Transvestites, and their Partners....Pages 351-364
Gender Dysphoria and Gender Reorientation....Pages 365-392
Medical-Legal Issues....Pages 393-410
Transsexualism in the Arts....Pages 411-416
A Personal Perspective....Pages 417-421
Back Matter....Pages 423-430
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-10
The Origin of Gender Identity....Pages 11-32
Etiology of Transsexualism....Pages 33-73
Cross-Gender-Identified Children....Pages 75-174
Gender Disorders in Childhood....Pages 175-188
The Spectrum of Gender Identity Disturbances....Pages 189-206
The Meanings of Cross-Dressing....Pages 207-225
Research Methods for the Typological Study of Gender Disorders in Males....Pages 227-257
Cross-Gender Identity in a Broader Context....Pages 259-324
The Management of Patients with Gender Disorders....Pages 325-350
Transsexuals, Transvestites, and their Partners....Pages 351-364
Gender Dysphoria and Gender Reorientation....Pages 365-392
Medical-Legal Issues....Pages 393-410
Transsexualism in the Arts....Pages 411-416
A Personal Perspective....Pages 417-421
Back Matter....Pages 423-430
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