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Gender Identity Disorder. By: Amira , Yoon Ah. What’s Gender Identity Disorder?. A conflict between a person’s actual physical gender and the gender that person identifies himself or herself as. MUDT.
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Gender Identity Disorder By: Amira, Yoon Ah
What’s Gender Identity Disorder? • A conflict between a person’s actual physical gender and the gender that person identifies himself or herself as.
MUDT • Maladaptivity: Keeps thinking that they are of the opposite sex; affects their daily behaviors and activities. • Unjustifiable Behavior: Abnormal for a girl/guy to have the need to be someone from opposite gender. • Disturbing Behavior: Parents have to buy them clothes or other necessities to meet their gender requirements. • Typicality: Abnormal for a girl/guy that wants to be the opposition gender.
Symptoms - Children • Are disgusted by their own genitals • Are rejected by their peers, feel alone • Believe that they will grow up to become the opposite sex • Have depression or anxiety • Say that they want to be the opposite sex
Symptoms - Adults • Dress like the opposite sex • Feel alone • Have depression or anxiety • Want to live as a person of the opposite sex • Wish to be rid of their own genitals
Causes – Biological/Psychological • Unknown • Mentality • Hormones
Therapy • Surgery Therapy • Hormonal Therapy • Breast Cancer • Death • Get treated.
A Good Website • http://www.genderpsychology.org/ • “All Mixed Up Perspectives on Transgenderism and ‘Gender Identity Disorder.’” • Psychology of Gender Identity • Transgenderism
Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8Iq3E85-VY • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2KAga7d9yM&feature=related
Cites • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001527.htm • http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/gender-identity-disorder/overview.html • http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/GenderIden.html • http://www.livestrong.com/article/120155-breast-cancer-hormone-therapy-side/ • http://www.minddisorders.com/Flu-Inv/Gender-identity-disorder.html