Gender Dysphoria is totally unique in the DSM for 2 reasons: 1) an incredibly broad set of diagnostic criteria that captures all kinds of experiences 2) only one acceptable treatment + therapy ain’t it https://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Psychiatrists/Practice/DSM/APA_DSM-5-Gender-Dysphoria.pdf …
-
Show this thread
-
This Tweet is unavailable.
-
Replying to @di_sintegration
There are actually so many papers from the 70’s and 80’s about psychodynamic treatment of GID. It was NOT inevitable that medical interventions would become the main way these feelings are “treated.”
2 replies 2 retweets 13 likes
Putting “treated” in quotes bc we are at a point where trans ppl openly talk about GD symptoms increasing after hormones, so the logic of these interventions benign motivated by decreased distress is often not at play.
0 replies
1 retweet
9 likes
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.