A study of transsexuals seeking gender reassignment.
The authors report the results. of a computerized psychodiagnostic assessment of 19 males and 1 female seeking sex-reassignment surgery. The most pervasive finding was hysterical personality trend (13 of 20 cases). Twelve patients exhibited psychotic trends: 6 showed psychotic thinking on test scores, and 6 received computer-preferred diagnoses of paranoid or schizoid personality. However, most of these 12 patients were not considered psychotic on interview, and those who had sex-reassignment surgery had good results
D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005260:Female; D006677:Histrionic Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010260:Paranoid Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D014189:Transsexualism / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*