Transvestism and Gender Identity Disorder in Adults
Transvestism Treatment
Prior to a discussion of treatment, it should be noted that some authors have questioned whether the act of cross-dressing in itself constitutes a psychiatric disorder meriting treatment (Brierley 1979; G. R. Brown 1995; Gert 1992; Pomeroy 1975).…
Transvestism - Comorbid Conditions
Mental health professionals’ understanding of comorbidity in transvestism is rudimentary, largely because it has not been systematically studied. Such work would require reliable diagnostic assessments in a large group of transvestites derived from nonclinical sources and not merely…
Transvestism - Phenomenology
A consideration of treatment issues in men with transvestic fetishism requires, first, an appreciation of the multiple motivations for cross-dressing. Cross-dressing is a complex social and psychological phenomenon involving sexual, affective, and identity components. Despite the fact that…
Transvestism - Clinical Presentation
Transvestites who present for treatment are likely to be a minority of heterosexual cross-dressers (Docter 1988; Prince and Bentler 1972; Wise 1990). For example, a range of 17%-49% of members of transvestite social clubs have reported being evaluated…
Sources of Information on Transvestism
Knowledge of transvestism is derived from four sources:
1. Psychoanalytic case studies of small numbers of patients treated over long periods of time (e.g., see Stoller 1966, 1971, 1985)
2. Patients evaluated in sex…
Transvestism
Definition
Clothing is the unconscious language of the spirit.
Emanuel Hermann (1878)
Magnus Hirschfeld, a progressive German sexologist and contemporary of Freud, originally described a group of 17 cross-dressers he termed die…
Transvestism and Gender Identity Disorder in Adults
Transvestism and Gender Identity Disorder in Adults
- Introduction
- Transvestism
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