Personality Disorders in Persons with Gender Identity Disorder

Background. Investigations in the field of gender identity disorder (GID) have been mostly related to psychiatric comorbidity and severe psychiatric disorders, but have focused less on personality and personality disorders (PDs). Aims. The aim of the study was to assess the presence of PDs in person...

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Autores principales: Duišin, Dragana, Batinić, Borjanka, Barišić, Jasmina, Djordjevic, Miroslav L., Vujović, Svetlana, Bizic, Marta
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4053264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24959629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/809058
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author Duišin, Dragana
Batinić, Borjanka
Barišić, Jasmina
Djordjevic, Miroslav L.
Vujović, Svetlana
Bizic, Marta
author_facet Duišin, Dragana
Batinić, Borjanka
Barišić, Jasmina
Djordjevic, Miroslav L.
Vujović, Svetlana
Bizic, Marta
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description Background. Investigations in the field of gender identity disorder (GID) have been mostly related to psychiatric comorbidity and severe psychiatric disorders, but have focused less on personality and personality disorders (PDs). Aims. The aim of the study was to assess the presence of PDs in persons with GID as compared to cisgendered (a cisgender person is a person who is content to remain the gender they were assigned at birth) heterosexuals, as well as to biological sex. Methods. The study sample consisted of 30 persons with GID and 30 cisgendered heterosexuals from the general population. The assessment of PDs was conducted by application of the self-administered Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II PDs (SCID-II). Results. Persons with GID compared to cisgender heterosexuals have higher presence of PDs, particularly Paranoid PD, avoidant PDs, and comorbid PDs. In addition, MtF (transwomen are people assigned male at birth who identify as women) persons are characterized by a more severe psychopathological profile. Conclusions. Assessment of PDs in persons with GID is of great importance as it comprises a key part of personalized treatment plan tailoring, as well as a prognostic factor for sex-reassignment surgery (SRS) outcome.
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spelling pubmed-40532642014-06-23 Personality Disorders in Persons with Gender Identity Disorder Duišin, Dragana Batinić, Borjanka Barišić, Jasmina Djordjevic, Miroslav L. Vujović, Svetlana Bizic, Marta ScientificWorldJournal Research Article Background. Investigations in the field of gender identity disorder (GID) have been mostly related to psychiatric comorbidity and severe psychiatric disorders, but have focused less on personality and personality disorders (PDs). Aims. The aim of the study was to assess the presence of PDs in persons with GID as compared to cisgendered (a cisgender person is a person who is content to remain the gender they were assigned at birth) heterosexuals, as well as to biological sex. Methods. The study sample consisted of 30 persons with GID and 30 cisgendered heterosexuals from the general population. The assessment of PDs was conducted by application of the self-administered Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II PDs (SCID-II). Results. Persons with GID compared to cisgender heterosexuals have higher presence of PDs, particularly Paranoid PD, avoidant PDs, and comorbid PDs. In addition, MtF (transwomen are people assigned male at birth who identify as women) persons are characterized by a more severe psychopathological profile. Conclusions. Assessment of PDs in persons with GID is of great importance as it comprises a key part of personalized treatment plan tailoring, as well as a prognostic factor for sex-reassignment surgery (SRS) outcome. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4053264/ /pubmed/24959629 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/809058 Text en Copyright © 2014 Dragana Duišin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Batinić, Borjanka
Barišić, Jasmina
Djordjevic, Miroslav L.
Vujović, Svetlana
Bizic, Marta
Personality Disorders in Persons with Gender Identity Disorder
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4053264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24959629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/809058
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