Gender Identity Disorder

Gender Identity Disorder

Introduction

The main purpose of this paper is to make an analysis on the gender identity disorder. Gender identity disorder is considered to be a formal diagnosis which the psychologists and the physicians use in order to give the description of the people who face the gender dysphoria. The main symptoms described in the gender identity disorder are the trans-sexualism, and they are also related to the manifestation of the gender dysphoria. According to the ICD-10 CM and DSM-IV TR, the gender identity disorder is considered to be a medical disorder. Discussion “Gender Identity Disorder of Childhood” (GIDC) first appeared as a psychiatric diagnosis in DSM-III in 1980 (Ålgars, 2010). The DSM is in near constant revision. Since GIDC was first introduced, the DSM has gone through three subsequent revisions (DSM-III-R, DSM-IV, and DSM-IV-TR). The currently published version is DSM-IV-TR; work to create DSM-V is already underway. While GIDC was first introduced in 1980, studies of gender variant children, especially boys, undertaken in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s produced the foundation of research findings and clinical practices used in creating the diagnosis. Although a version of GIDC has remained in all DSM revisions since it was first introduced, in DSM-IV (1994) GIDC was re-categorized as one variant within an umbrella diagnosis.

Discussion

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4eh Edition, children with GID present with a range of strong and persistent cross-gendered behaviors, which suggests identification with the opposite sex. Firstly, boys with GID participate in stereotypically feminine games, prefer female playmates, cross- dress, and take on the female role during make-believe play or in fantasies. They also make identity statements suggesting that they are or wish to be of the opposite sex (Ross, 2009). Researchers have made a reasonable attempt at assessing and documenting the validity of DSM-IV criterion A for diagnosing children with GID. Criterion B describes a child's persistent discomfort with their own sex, such as dissatisfaction with their sexual anatomy (i.e., primary and secondary sex characteristics). For example, boys with GID report that their penis or testes are disgusting or that they would prefer to not have a penis. Some boys with GID also reject engaging in male stereotypical activities and have an aversion to rough-and-tumble play. Criterion B is an understudied aspect of GID in children. The purpose of the current study is to explore these unique and unexplored characteristics of the disorder. To best understand the relationship between body image and GID, as well as the etiology of OlD, it is helpful to first consider the gender identity development of typically developing children. In a recent review, researchers provided a description of aspects of gender that changed with age. They used a matrix to discuss the relationship between biological sex and the gender constructs of concepts/beliefs and identity/self-perception. Children are aware of the concept of gender from an early age. Infants as young at 3- to 4-months-old can distinguish between faces of different sexes (Matsumoto, ...