title: Gender identity disorder in children and adolescents.
abstract: Gender identity disorder entered the psychiatric nomenclature in the DSM-III in 1980. This article reviews three domains of empirical research on gender identity disorder in children and adolescents: diagnosis and assessment, associated psychopathology, and developmental trajectories.
authors: Gender Identity Service, Child, Youth, and Family Program, Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8 Canada. Ken_Zucker@camh.net
authors: Kenneth J
authors: KJ
authors: Zucker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014189:Transsexualism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*