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Gender identity disorder.(Behavioral Health Advisor 2006)
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- Clinical Reference Systems
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
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What is gender identity disorder?
Gender identity disorder is ongoing discomfort about your biological sex. People with this disorder identify strongly with the opposite sex. GID is equally common in men and women.
This disorder is often called transsexualism. Most health care providers use the term transsexual only if the person desires a sex change operation.
People who have this disorder are not likely to be sexually aroused by dressing in women's clothing (transvestite). Men who are aroused by cross-dressing are known in psychiatric terms as having transvestic fetishism.
How does it occur?
The exact cause of this disorder ...