PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Female Sexual Arousal Disorder, Transvestic Fetishism, Sexual Sadism Disorder
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Chapter 14: sexual and gender identity disorders: sexual and gender identity disorder: full range of human sexual thoughts, feelings and actions that are generally regarded as abnormal and dysfunctional. Gender identity disorder: sexual identity our sense of ourselves as male or female, sexual orientation our preference for the sex of a partner. Belief that the behaviour was no longer a phase that the child would grow out of. Threshold violation (wanting to dress certain way outside of home also) Belief that the child was experiencing intense distress about being a boy or girl. Therapies for gender identity disorder to alter the psychology to match the person"s body. Body alterations: there are 2 main types one attempts to alter the body to suit the person"s psychology the other is designed. Prior to body alterations the person is required to go through 6-12 months of psychotherapy.
