How dresses can make you mentally ill: Examining Gender Identity Disorder in Children

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-23

  Langer, Susan J ^a,c   Martin, James I ^b  

^a Corona Elmhurst Guidance Center ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Old Chelsea Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; DSM; Gender Identity; Gender Nonconformity

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043069163     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CASW.0000012346.80025.f7     Document Type: Review

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