Clinical features of patients attending a gender-identity clinic.
Of 106 patients attending a gender-identity clinic, 73% satisfied DSM-III criteria for transsexualism. These DSM-III positives had a significantly younger age of onset and were less likely to experience sexual arousal with cross-dressing than those who did not satisfy DSM-III criteria. They were also significantly more likely to fulfil a definition of 'core transsexualism'. 'Core transsexualism' may represent a subgroup within DSM-III criteria for transsexualism and its defining features in this study were an early age of onset, low sexual activity, lack of sexual arousal with cross-dressing and homosexual orientation. Of the whole sample, 23% were referred for gender reassignment surgery, of whom 100% were DSM-III positive and 60% were 'core transsexuals'.
Burns
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Institute of Psychiatry, London.
Farrell
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Brown
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D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D014189:Transsexualism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology