Problems of gender identity development are
the core concern in the psychosocial management of medical conditions
involving ambiguous genitalia.
This report discusses the difficulties
encountered in applying the DSM category and criteria of Gender Identity
Disorder (GID) to such patients. Data on prevalence, age of onset or
presentation, sex ratio, and associated or predictive factors also suggest
marked differences between intersex patients with gender identity problems
and nonintersex patients with GID.
Patients with intersexuality or similar
medical conditions should be excluded from the GID diagnosis.
Citation: Arch Sex
Behav 1996 Feb;25(1):17-31 an article published on the Internet by
PubMed <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/>
