PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Transvestic Fetishism, Paraphilia, Separation Anxiety Disorder
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Chapter fourteen sexual and gender identity disorders. The full range of human sexual thoughts, feelings, and actions are generally regarded as abnormal and dysfunctional and are listed in dsm-iv-tr as sexual and gender identity disorders. It is associated with a developmental lag in achieving a sense of gender constancy or stability (i. e. , acceptance that one is a boy or girl for life) Most children with gid do not grow up to be disordered in adulthood, even with professional intervention. Excluded from gid are people with schizophrenia who, on very rare occasions, claim to be of the other sex, as well as hermaphrodites, so-called intersexed individuals, who have both male and female reproductive organs. Those with gid often arouse the disapproval of others and experience discrimination in employment when they choose to cross-dress. People with gid often experience anxiety and depression, not surprising given their psychological predicament and the negative attitudes most people have toward them.
