PSYC 436 Lecture 12: 12. Gender Dysphoria

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 436
• Professor: Irving M Binik

Document Summary

Transsexualism (nov 17: transsexual, transgender, gender identity disorder, gender dysphoria, words often reflect a hidden, political agenda/ values for the time. Inclusion of a post-transition specifier- to facilitate availability of treatment. Gender identity disorder gender dysphoria: major (cid:272)o(cid:374)tro(cid:448)ers(cid:455) o(cid:448)er usi(cid:374)g the (cid:449)ord (cid:862)disorder(cid:863) (cid:894)if it"s (cid:374)ot a disorder, the(cid:374) (cid:449)h(cid:455) is it in the dsm???, emphasis now on incongruence between experienced gender & biological/natal sex. Transsexualism (nov 17: dysphoria captures essence of distress, no longer seen as a category as in dsm-iv but as a continuum, term gd already used for a long time in clinical sexology, re(cid:373)o(cid:448)al of ter(cid:373) (cid:862)disorder(cid:863) destigmatizes. Placement of gender dysphoria in a separate chapter from sd and paraphilia. Is it about sex or is it about gender: can we separate these, consistency with who-icd-10 classification, professional issues, who researches and deal with gd, who (icd) Con: should be removed like homosexuality, gender variation is not a disorder it is a normal psychiatric problem, stigmatizes.