DSM-IV - Gender Identity Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
[From American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 4th ed. Text rev. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; copyright 2000.] ...
This category is included for coding disorders in gender identity that are not classifiable as a specific gender identity disorder. Examples include
- Intersex conditions (e.g., partial androgen insensitivity syndrome or congenital adrenal hyperplasia) and accompanying gender dysphoria
- Transient, stress-related cross-dressing behavior
- Persistent preoccupation with castration or penectomy without a desire to acquire the sex characteristics of the other sex
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