Understanding Gender Dysphoria: Causes, Symptoms, and Management

What is it?

Gender dysphoria, formerly gender identity disorder, is a discomfort or distress occurring in people whose gender identity differes from their sex and physical charachteristics. Those who may feel that way are transgenders and gender-nonconforming people.

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Additional names

This group contains additional names:
- gender identity disorder

Signs & symptoms

Gender dysphoria symptoms may include a marked difference between one’s inner gender identity and primary or secondary sex charachteristics, or anticipated secondary sex characteristics in young adolescents. A strong desire to get rid of primary or secondary sex charachteristics, a desire to be of the other gender, or to be treated as the other gender. These feelings cause significant distress or impairment in daily function.

Diagnosis

Gender dysphoria is diagnosed in a conversation with mental health professionals, if the person meets the criteria of the DSM-5 manual of mental disorders.

Treatment

Treatment of gender dysphoria is individualized, and might or might not include change in gender expressions or body modifications. Medical therapy may include hormone therapy and surgery. Psychotherapy and group therapy may be of great help.

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Source of Information - We analyze big data of more than 23 million patients de-identified medical records from the following sources:

National Institution of Health ∙ World Health Organization ∙ University of Illinois hospital