Factors predicting psychiatric co-morbidity in gender-dysphoric adults

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 200, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 469-474

  Terada, Seishi ^a   Matsumoto, Yosuke ^a   Sato, Toshiki ^b   Okabe, Nobuyuki ^a   Kishimoto, Yuki ^a   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sato Mental Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gender identity disorder; Psychiatric co morbidity; Transgenderism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84872375715     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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