Psychiatr. praxi. 2025;26(1):16-18 | DOI: 10.36290/psy.2025.003
The psychiatry of transgender identity
- Psychiatrická klinika, odd. sexuologie, FN Plzeň, Lékařská fakulta UK v Plzni
- Sexuologický ústav 1. LF UK a VFN Praha
- IPVZ Praha - katedra sexuologie
This review article addresses not only historical but also contemporary approaches to the significant medical problem of transsexuality. It examines the psychiatric processes associated with transsexuality, as well as changes in diagnostic classifications and the evolution of affirmative care practices. The role of psychiatry in the transition process is explored, along with the controversies surrounding the diagnosis of gender dysphoria. It also focuses on the relationship between transgender people and health care. The article aims to present modern perspectives and trends that support the transgender community and advocate for the depathologization of transgender identity.
Keywords: affirmative care, gender dysphoria, psychiatric disorder, transgender identity.
Accepted: March 27, 2025; Published: April 10, 2025 Show citation
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