From mental disorder to iatrogenic hypogonadism: Dilemmas in conceptualizing gender identity variants as psychiatric conditions

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 461-476

  Meyer Bahlburg, Heino F L ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DSM V; Gender identity disorder; Mental illness; Transgenderism; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SEXUAL AND GENDER DISORDERS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 77952092289     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-009-9532-4     Document Type: Article

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