Children with Gender Identity Disorder - A Clinical, Ethical, and Legal Analysis (Hardcover)

How should we understand transgenderism, especially as it affects children and adolescents? Psychiatric manuals include transgenderism among mental illnesses (Gender Identity Disorder). Such inclusion is relatively recent, and even the words transsexual and transgender were coined only a few decades ago. Yet stories of children with an in-between gender have always been, albeit symbolically, a part of popular culture. Drawing on fairy tales, as well as from personal narratives and clinical studies, this book explains how "Gender Identity Disorder" manifests in children, critically evaluating various clinical approaches and examining the ethical and legal issues surrounding the care and treatment of these youths. The book argues that Gender Identity Disorder is not pathology, and that medicine and society should assist children in expressing themselves, without attempting to force them to adapt to a gender that does not match with their perceived identity.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare
Release date:	September 2012
First published:	2013
Authors:	Simona Giordano
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-50271-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Children
LSN:	0-415-50271-3
Barcode:	9780415502719

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