title: Gender identity change in a transsexual: an exorcism.
abstract: Gender identity change in a conservatively diagnosed 21-year-old transexual after faith healing was fortuitously observed, was objectively and independently measured, and is reported. This case, and other recent developments, suggests a reexamination of the possibilities of psychosocial intervention to modify atypical gender identity.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000187:drug effects; D004967:Estrogens / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008602:Mental Healing; D014189:Transsexualism / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens