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The critical element of gender dysphoria is the presence of clinically significant distress associated with the condition." [1] Individuals with gender dysphoria may or may not regard their own cross-gender feelings and behaviors as a disorder. Advantages and disadvantages exist to classifying gender dysphoria as a disorder. [3]
Women are also four times more likely to develop chronic PTSD compared to men. [44] There are observed differences in the types of symptoms experienced by men and women. [43] Women are more likely to experience specific sub-clusters of symptoms, such as re-experiencing symptoms (e.g. flashbacks), hypervigilance, feeling depressed and numbness.
[8] [22] Chronic pain is more prevalent in women than in men, and women report more severe, frequent, and prolonged cases of pain; however, they are less likely to receive adequate health treatment. [23] [8] Over 90% of women with chronic pain believe that they are treated differently by healthcare professionals because of their gender. [24] [25]
The parent's gender: [3] Females experience gender disappointment more given the volatility of their hormonal levels which can also result in other mental disorders such as postpartum depression. [1] [18] The parent's personality: A clear link has been established between gender disappointment and the characteristics of a parent's personality.
(The Center Square) – The question before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday was whether a Tennessee law banning gender dysphoria treatment for minors is unconstitutional. Twenty-three other ...
However, the difference between "gender dysphoria" and "gender incongruence" is not always clear in the medical literature. [12] Some studies posit that treating gender variance as a medical condition has negative effects on the health of transgender people and claim that assumptions of coexisting psychiatric symptoms should be avoided.
Diagnosed with gender dysphoria, she couldn’t concentrate in front of her computer. Then she transitioned her gender and raised $6.8 million for an AI electrical engineering startup
Roberts et al. (2013) found that of participants in their study aged between 23 and 30, 26% of those who were gender nonconforming experienced some sort of depressive symptoms, versus 18% of those were gender-conforming. [26] Treatment for gender identity disorders (GID; now known as gender dysphoria) such as gender variance have been a topic ...