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Where Christ did not go: men, women and Frusculicchi. Gender identity disorder (GID): epistemological and ethical issues relating to the psychiatric diagnosis.

Simona Giordano, University of Manchester.
Monash bioethics review 09/2011; 29(4):12.1-22. pp.12.1-22
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT Gender Identity Disorder (GID) is classified as a mental illness and included in the DSM-IV and ICD-1O. It will also be included in the DSM-V. The psychiatric diagnosis, in spite of some apparent advantages, has significant psychological and social adverse implications. This paper discusses some of the main epistemological reasons to consider gender variance as a mental disorder. It will also evaluate whether reasons of other kinds (pragmatic, rather than epistemological) may justify the inclusion of gender variance amongst mental illnesses.

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Simona Giordano