The development of female transsexualism.
Characteristics by which to classify a woman as authentically transsexual are offered from earlier investigations and supplemented by findings from recent work with this type of patient. Developmental issues are discussed and six psychodynamic accompaniments listed. A case demonstrates how to identify the true female transsexual and how to understand her psychological processes.
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Blue Ridge Hospital, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA 22910.
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D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D014189:Transsexualism / Q000523:psychology*