Abstract
Materials and methods Patient, 52 years old, underwent sexreassignment surgery in the age of 22. She was adopted in her infancy and she had masculine and feminine looking genitals. During her childhood she had preference for crossdressing and simulating female attire, strong and persistent preferences for crosssex roles in makebelieve play, intense desire to participate in the stereotypical games and pastimes of the other sex, strong preference for playmates of the other sex, persistent discomfort with her sex and sense of inappropriateness in the gender role of being a boy.
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International Society on Brain and Behaviour: 3rd International Congress on Brain and Behaviour Meeting abstracts - A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here.
A gender identity disorder has as its main symptom a persistent preference for the role of the opposite sex and the feeling that one was born into the wrong sex
Gender identity disorder may be a symptom in the context of a psychotic disorder
Summary
A gender identity disorder has as its main symptom a persistent preference for the role of the opposite sex and the feeling that one was born into the wrong sex. Address: Psychiatric Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece * Corresponding author from International Society on Brain and Behaviour: 3rd International Congress on Brain and Behaviour Thessaloniki, Greece.
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