Commentary on Langer and Martin's (2004) "How dresses can make you mentally Ill: Examining gender identity disorder in children"

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 533-555

  Zucker, Kenneth J ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b CAMH ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; DSM; Gender identity disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751517106     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-006-0074-5     Document Type: Article

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