Meanings and political implications of "psychopathology" in a gender identity clinic: A report of 10 cases

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-57

  Levine, Stephen B ^a,b   Solomon, Anna ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Marital and Sexual Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FOLLOW UP; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 58149114663     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230802525646     Document Type: Article

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