Sexual overstimulation as a cause of unstable gender identity in men: a case report.
A phase in the analysis of a young man is presented, demonstrating evidence of maternal sexual overstimulation from infancy through early adulthood. A consequence of this overstimulation was a regression to an unstable gender identity. The developmental line of gender identity proved useful in understanding this man's conflicts.
Beatrice
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Washington Psychoanalyitic Institute, USA.
D000328:Adult; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D014167:Transference, Psychology