Proposed revisions to gender identity disorder diagnoses in the DSM-5

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1253-1260

  Lawrence, Anne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 78651071024     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-010-9660-x     Document Type: Letter

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