Gender Identity Disorder and Eating Disorders: Similarities and Differences in Terms of Body Uneasiness

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1012-1023

  Bandini, Elisa ^a   Fisher, Alessandra Daphne ^a   Castellini, Giovanni ^a   Lo Sauro, Carolina ^a   Lelli, Lorenzo ^a   Meriggiola, Maria Cristina ^b   Casale, Helen ^a   Benni, Laura ^a   Ferruccio, Naika ^a   Faravelli, Carlo ^c   Dettore, Davide ^c   Maggi, Mario ^a   Ricca, Valdo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body Uneasiness; Eating Disorder; Gender Identity Disorder; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SEX REASSIGNMENT; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 84875657903     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12062     Document Type: Article

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