SECONDARY GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER - A CASE REPORT

An eighteen year old Christian male, diagnosed as Bipolar Affective Disorder, 2nd manic episode with mood congruent psychotic features presented during the episode with the explicit wish for sex reassignment surgery. He even claimed to be married to a local man. With effective management of the mani...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chakrabarti, Nandini, Sinha, V.K., Parial, A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1999
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2963001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21455399
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Sumario:An eighteen year old Christian male, diagnosed as Bipolar Affective Disorder, 2nd manic episode with mood congruent psychotic features presented during the episode with the explicit wish for sex reassignment surgery. He even claimed to be married to a local man. With effective management of the manic episode, his wish for sex reassignment surgery has completely subsided. This report discusses the literature regarding secondary gender identity disorder occurring in psychotic conditions and further implications of the same.

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