Gender Dysphoria (eBook)

Development, Research, Management

Betty W. Steiner (Herausgeber)

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2013
Springer US (Verlag)
978-1-4684-4784-2 (ISBN)

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In the decade-and-a-half since I coedited Transsexualism and Sex Reassignment (Green & Money, 1969), remarkable changes have occurred with Harry Ben- jamin's "e;transsexual phenomenon"e; (1966). Formerly, when writing about this condition in scientific journals, it was necessary to define the term transsex- ualism. Now the lay public recognizes it. Even the American Psychiatric Asso- ciation acknowledges it as a "e;disorder,"e; with its inclusion in the Third Edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (1980). Although this "e;elevation"e; to the status of mental illness may seem a Pyrrhic victory, it is a recognition of the legitimacy of transsexual ism as a source of human suffering. The controversy that surrounded the decisions in the early patient cases to perform sex-change surgery has largely dissipated. The cries of "e;collusion with delusion,"e; principally from psychoanalysts, have quieted. The dire predictions of psychosis and/or suicide following surgery as the "e;last psychic defenses are cut away"e; have almost never been realized. By contrast, many postoperative patients consider the surgery to have been life-saving. Medical centers worldwide have incorporated programs for evaluating and treating persons requesting sex reas- signment. Elaborate guidelines for patient management have been developed by an international organization of health care professionals (Harry Benjamin Inter- national Gender Dysphoria Association, 1981). Harry Benjamin's child has come of age.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.6.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• ISBN-10: 1-4684-4784-X / 146844784X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-4784-2 / 9781468447842