Gender dysphoria in children | |
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Other names | Gender identity disorder in children, gender incongruence of childhood |
Specialty | Psychiatry |
Usual onset | Childhood |
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Gender dysphoria in children (GD), also known as gender incongruence of childhood, is a formal diagnosis for transgender children who experience significant discontent (gender dysphoria) due to a mismatch between their assigned sex and gender identity. The diagnostic label gender identity disorder in children (GIDC) was used by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) until it was renamed gender dysphoria in children in 2013 with the release of the DSM-5. The diagnosis was renamed to remove the stigma associated with the term disorder.[1]