Classifying Intersex in DSM-5: Critical Reflections on Gender Dysphoria

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1147-1163

  Kraus, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disorders of sex development; DSM 5; Gender dysphoria; Gender identity disorder; Gender incongruence; Intersexuality

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PARAPHILIC DISORDER; TRANSGENDER; TRANSSEXUALISM;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PARAPHILIC DISORDERS; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84931005719     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-015-0550-0     Document Type: Article

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