title: Psychosocial functioning of transsexuals in Belgium.
abstract: Male-to-female (M-F) transsexuals differ consistently from female-to-male (F-M) transsexuals in their sociodemographic characteristics, cross-gender and sexual history and the degree to which personality disorder is concomitant to their transsexuality. As a group, female-to-male transsexuals are more homogeneous. Both groups are impaired in their mental functioning, but the male-to-female population is more mentally disordered. In a comparison between Dutch transsexuals and their Belgian counterparts, the latter were shown to have more mental problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Cuypere
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Janes
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rubens
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001530:Belgium / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012951:Socialization; D014189:Transsexualism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*