Learn to recognize gender identity disorder: the program for transgender teens at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles requires 1 year of therapy.
Most adolescents wrestle with some form of angst as they develop a personal identity separate from their family and gain a sense of belonging with their peers. But wrestling with gender identity and being an adolescent can be "a double whammy," said Marvin E. Belzer, M.D., director...

Learn to recognize gender identity disorder: most physicians will see a few of these cases in their career, and it is helpful if they are prepared to respond.
Most adolescents wrestle with some form of angst as they develop a personal identity separate from their family and gain a sense of belonging with their peers. But wrestling with gender identity and being an adolescent can be "a double whammy," said Marvin E. Belzer, M.D., director...

GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER IN ADOLESCENCE: OUTCOMES OF PSYCHOTHERAPY.
INTRODUCTION Gender identity disorder (GID) is characterized by strong and persistent cross-gender identification and by persistent discomfort with one's sex. In adolescents, the disturbance is manifested by such symptoms as a stated desire to be the other sex, a desire to live or be treated as the...

The gender identity/gender dysphoria questionnaire for adolescents and adults.
Gender identity (or core gender identity) has been defined as a person's basic sense of self as a male or female (Stoller, 1964a). Because most males have a male gender identity and most females have a female gender identity (in accordance with one's original legal sex and usually based...

College settles with transgender teacher.
Spring Arbor University in Michigan reached a financial settlement last month with fired transgender professor Julie Nemecek, who had filed a discrimination suit. "It was a difficult thing for me and for the university, but I think we both walked away happy," Nemecek said. As part of the Equal...

How dresses can make you mentally ill: Examining gender disorder in children.
How dresses can make you mentally ill: Examining gender disorder in children S.J. Langer & J.I. Martin, Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, v.21, n.1, 2004, pp.5-23. The diagnostic category of Gender Identity Disorder in Children (GIDC) first appeared in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental...

Diagnosis critical in adolescent gender dysphoria.
HOUSTON -- Most adolescents with gender identity issues initially are treated for comorbid conditions such as depression, Flynn O'Malley, Ph.D., said at the annual meeting of the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry. Managing adolescents with gender issues includes treating the comorbid conditions (if any) first, and then...

Maternal issues may predispose desire for gender change in boys.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Boys who say they want to become girls may be trying to win a lost mother's love rather than expressing a true desire to switch gender, Judith Fingert Chused, M.D., said at the annual meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association. One of the most...

Kosilek v. Maloney.
U.S. District Court FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE TRANSSEXUAL DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE Kosilek v. Maloney, 221 F.Supp.2d 156 (D.Mass. 2002). An inmate brought an action against a director of corrections, seeking an injunction that would require medical treatment for gender identity disorder. The...

De'Lonta v. Angelone.
U.S. Appeals Court MEDICAL CARE GID -- Gender Identity Disorder De'Lonta v. Angelone, 330 F.3d 630 (4th Cir. 2003). A female inmate brought a civil rights action alleging that prison officials and doctors had denied her adequate medical treatment for her gender identity...