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The DSM-5 gives a gender dysphoria prevalence of 0.005% to 0.014% of people assigned male at birth (5-14 per 100k) and 0.002% to 0.003% of people assigned female at birth (2-3 per 100k). [92] The DSM-5 states that these numbers are likely underestimates, being based on the number of referrals to specialty clinics. [ 92 ]
These codes were replaced in part by code HA60 Gender incongruence of adolescence or adulthood, [17] which refers to the three conditions that classify the condition of gender dysphoria. [ 17 ] The major paradigm shift is reflected in the last sentence from code HA60: "Gender variant behavior and preferences alone are not a basis for assigning ...
Changes in the DSM-5 include the re-conceptualization of Asperger syndrome from a distinct disorder to an autism spectrum disorder; the elimination of subtypes of schizophrenia; the deletion of the "bereavement exclusion" for depressive disorders; the renaming and reconceptualization of gender identity disorder to gender dysphoria; the ...
Children with persistent gender dysphoria are characterized by more extreme gender dysphoria in childhood than children with desisting gender dysphoria. [1] Some (but not all) gender variant youth will want or need to transition, which may involve social transition (changing dress, name, pronoun), and, for older youth and adolescents, medical transition (hormone therapy or surgery).
A revision of DSM-5, titled DSM-5-TR, was published in March 2022, updating diagnostic criteria and ICD-10-CM codes. [91] The diagnostic criteria for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder was changed, [ 92 ] along with adding entries for prolonged grief disorder , unspecified mood disorder and stimulant-induced mild neurocognitive disorder .
Gender dysphoria is discomfort, unhappiness or distress due to the primary and secondary sex characteristics of one's sex assigned at birth. The current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , DSM-5 , uses the term "gender dysphoria" where it previously referred to "gender identity disorder."
Gender nonconforming children face gender policing from both adults and peers, including bullying and violence based on their gender nonconformity. Gender policing at a young age can increase the risk of alcohol use, anxiety, and depression in adulthood. [5] [6] [7]
The DSM-5 states that late-onset gender dysphoria in adolescent and adult natal males is preceded by "transvestic behavior with sexual excitement" in many cases. [ 4 ] According to DSM-IV, transvestic fetishism was limited to heterosexual men; however, the DSM-5 does not have this restriction, and opens it to women and men with this interest ...