Sociodemographic, clinical, and psychiatric characteristics of transsexuals from Spain

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 378-392

  Gómez Gil, Esther ^a   Trilla, Antoni ^a   Salamero, Manel ^a   Godás, Teresa ^a   Valdés, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gender identity disorder; Psychiatric comorbidity; Sexual orientation; Spain; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ALCOHOLISM; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BISEXUALITY; BULIMIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MARRIAGE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGENY; PSYCHOPATHY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM; ADDICTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOUSING; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PARENTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 65449126691     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9307-8     Document Type: Article

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