gender dysphoria
mental distress resulting from mismatch between gender identity and gender assigned at birth
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Summary
gender dysphoria is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,920 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: feeling[3], suffering pressure[4]
- Subclass of: mental disorder[5], dysphoria[6]
- Commons category: Gender dysphoria[7]
- Said to be the same as: gender incongruence[8]
- Opposite of: gender euphoria[9]
- Has part(s): gender dysphoria in children[10]
- ICPC 2 ID: P09[11]
- Symptoms and signs: dysphoria[12], anxiety disorder[13], major depressive disorder[14], suicidal ideation[15]
- Has cause: gender incongruence[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gender incongruence[17]
- Medical examination: psychiatric assessment[18]
- Possible treatment: transitioning[19], hormone therapy[20]
- Described by source: DSM-5[21], DSM-5-TR[22]
- Different from: gender self-identification[23], gender identity disorder[24]
- Health specialty: psychiatry[25], psychology[26], sexology[27]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: gender-affirmative care[28], gender-affirming surgery[29]
- Studied by: gender studies[30]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1234[31], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:1234[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[33], WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies[34], WikiProject Psychology[35]
Why It Matters
gender dysphoria has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]