| Gender Identity Disorder |
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| | Persistent cross
gender identification (in childhood) |
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discomfort about ones assigned sex |
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distress or impairment in social, occupational |
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| or other areas of
functioning |
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| | Overwhelming
desire of the patient to acquire the |
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| anatomical sexual
characteristics of the chosen gender |
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| Bower
(2001) The gender identity |
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| disorder in
the DSM-IV. |
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