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Transexual and Other Disorders of Gender Identity
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Product Description
People with gender identity problems are increasingly often encountered by health professionals. The problems are often imagined to consist only of transsexuality, but actually comprise of both this and many other diagnoses. Properly establishing a diagnosis and excluding alternatives including psychosis, partial androgen insensitivity syndromes and personality disorder is complex. The subsequent management of these disorders and their differential diagnoses is even more so. Transsexual and other Disorders of Gender Identity provides a comprehensive and extremely practical account of the management of disorders of gender identity and their differential diagnoses. Particular consideration is given to, among others, coincidental mental illness, disability, family and relationship issues, forensic and military settings. Psychological and endocrine aspects are covered in depth, surgical aspects to a level adequate for all but a specialist surgeon, and legal aspects to the level generally needed by health professionals. This book provides vital detail for general practitioners, surgeons, endocrinologists, speech therapists, social workers and, especially, psychiatrists.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #153861 in Books
- Published on: 2007-10-17
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 298 pages
Editorial Reviews
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'AN OUTSTANDING BOOK, fulfilling a marked need...I strongly recommend it to all health care professionals involved in the care and management of patients with issues of gender identity. Educators in medicine and the health sciences should consider recommending this book for their undergraduate students. It can truly be said that this book is a clinical gem.' MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA 'The variability of presentation of persons on the gender/sex spectrum, with co-varying complications and diagnostic puzzles, is extensively and clearly presented in many vignettes... Very helpful to the uninitiated practitioner who rarely is confronted with a gender dysphoric patient.' RICHARD GREEN, ARCH SEX BEHAV
About the Author
Consultant Psychiatrist and Lead Clinician, Charing Cross Gender Identity Clinic
