Abstract
Patients with DSD need considerable psychological management to enable them to reach their full potential in life without abnormal psychosexual development, so that their gender identity, gender role and sexual orientation can form unhindered by the biological, social and psychological effects of their DSD. During adolescence there may issues of gender dysphoria, and the psychiatrist is an important part of the team needed to diagnose and counsel patients as they come to terms with their sense of who they are. In patients with gender-identity disorder the psychiatrist is the key clinician involved in the management.
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Winston Churchill.
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Kasiannan, P. (2012). Psychological Management in Adolescence and Beyond. In: Hutson, J., Warne, G., Grover, S. (eds) Disorders of Sex Development. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22964-0_24
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