Prevalence of axis II disorders in a sample of clients undertaking psychiatric evaluation for sex reassignment surgery

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 261-267

  Madeddu, Fabio ^a   Prunas, Antonio ^a,b   Hartmann, Diamante ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gender identity disorder; Personality disorders; Surgical sex reassignment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXIS II DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71449111918     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-009-9114-6     Document Type: Article

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