Gender identity disorder in a girl with autism ?a case report
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- 1 September 1997
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Vol. 6 (3) , 170-173
Abstract
A girl with high functioning autism who developed transsexualism is described. The literature to date has, to the authors' knowledge, not documented any similar case. The diagnosis of a coexisting psychiatric disorder in transsexualism has implications for the evaluation, prognosis, and appropriate management of the patient. The question of a possible relationship between autism and transsexualism and whether there is a predisposition to gender dysphoria in autism, is discussed.Keywords
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