The DSM diagnostic criteria for gender identity disorder in adolescents and adults

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 499-513

  Cohen Kettenis, Peggy T ^a   Pfäfflin, Friedemann ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

DSM V; Gender dysphoria; Gender identity disorder; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMANS; SEXUAL AND GENDER DISORDERS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 77952094267     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-009-9562-y     Document Type: Article

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