World professional association for transgender health consensus statement on considerations of the role of distress (criterion D) in the DSM diagnosis of gender identity disorder

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-106

  Bouman, Walter Pierre ^a   Bauer, Greta R ^b   Richards, Christina ^c   Coleman, Eli ^d  

^a Mandala Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Distress; DSM; Gender dysphoria; Gender identity disorder; ICD; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956932791     PISSN: 15532739     EISSN: 14344599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15532739.2010.513927     Document Type: Article

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