Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine (Jan 2017)

A case report of gender dysphoria with morbid jealousy in a natal female

  • G Prasad Rao,
  • B Aparna

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.219643
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 39, no. 6
pp. 800 – 802

Abstract

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Gender dysphoria is a new entity introduced in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder V to address the distress of the previously labeled gender identity disorder patients. It is less commonly seen in natal females, often starting in their childhood. Adults and adolescent natal females with early-onset gender dysphoria are almost always gynephilic. This case report is presented to discuss the interesting evolution of the symptoms in gender dysphoria case with difficulties in adjusting to the assigned sexual role, relationship problems, morbid jealousy, and severe depressive features with suicidal ideations.

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