Gender Dysphoria: Agnes B. Padilla MD, DPBP, Fppa
Gender Dysphoria: Agnes B. Padilla MD, DPBP, Fppa
Gender Dysphoria: Agnes B. Padilla MD, DPBP, Fppa
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Presence of clinically significant distress
associated with the condition
EPIDEMIOLOGY
• ESTIMATES ARE TAKEN FROM PEOPLE WHO
SEEK SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY
• MORE MALE THAN FEMALE WHICH MEANS A
GREATER MALE VULNERABILITY
etiology
• Biologic factors
• Not clear of the role of testosterone
• Gender identity results more from postnatal
life events rather than prenatal hormonal
organization
Psychosocial factors
• Assigned sex- children develop gender identity
according to what sex they were reared
• Interaction between the child’ temperament
and parent’s qualities and attitudes
• Sigmund Freud-result from unresolved conflict
within the oedipal triangle
– Interference with the child’s loving the opposite
sex parent and identifying with the same sex
parent
Maternal factors
• Quality of mother-child relationship in the first
years of life is important
** mothers in this stage facilitate the child’s
awareness of, and pride in, their gender