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Top Ten Problems with the GID Diagnosis

Started by Natasha, July 16, 2008, 08:04:45 AM

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Top Ten Problems with the GID Diagnosis

http://gidreform.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/top-ten-problems-with-the-gid-diagnosis/
Kelley Winters, Ph.D.
7/16/2008

What are the problems with the Gender Identity Disorder diagnosis in
the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) [1]?
How are overarching issues of psychiatric stigma and access to medical
transition procedures related to specific flaws in the diagnostic
criteria [2] and supporting text? The philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti
said,
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