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Clinical Features of Patients Attending a Gender-Identity Clinic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Alistair Burns ,
Michael Farrell  and
Jeremy Christie Brown
Alistair Burns*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, de Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5
Michael Farrell
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill
Jeremy Christie Brown
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital
*
∗Correspondence
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Of 106 patients attending a gender-identity clinic, 73% satisfied DSM–III criteria for transsexualism. These DSM–III positives had a significantly younger age of onset and were less likely to experience sexual arousal with cross-dressing than those who did not satisfy DSM–III criteria. They were also significantly more likely to fulfil a definition of ‘core transsexualism’. ‘Core transsexualism’ may represent a subgroup within DSM–III criteria for transsexualism and its defining features in this study were an early age of onset, low sexual activity, lack of sexual arousal with cross-dressing and homosexual orientation. Of the whole sample, 23% were referred for gender reassignment surgery, of whom 100% were DSM–III positive and 60% were ‘core transsexuals'.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 2 , August 1990 , pp. 265 - 268
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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