Psychiatry and Psychology

Transsexualism

Expression of a GENDER IDENTITY inconsistent with, or not culturally-associated with the gender assigned to an individual at birth, combined with the desire to permanently transition to the gender with which they identify.

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Abstract

Expression of a GENDER IDENTITY inconsistent with, or not culturally-associated with the gender assigned to an individual at birth, combined with the desire to permanently transition to the gender with which they identify.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • Transexualism
  • Transgenderism
  • Transexualisms
  • Gender Fluidity
  • Fluidity, Gender
  • Gender Fluidities

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Aspects Covered

31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

index both MALE and FEMALE check tags

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Paraphilias (1966-1967)
  • Transvestism (1966-1967)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Transsexualism. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014189. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014189
  2. Transsexualism. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transsexuality
  3. Transsexualism. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190965