| Description |
xxix, 467 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The language of gender -- Gender dysphoria and etiological theories -- The families of transgendered people -- The need for training -- Part I: Theoretical understandings of transgenderism -- Chapter 1. The transsexual phenomenon meets the transexual [sic] menace -- Compassionate and controversial treatment of transsexuals -- The mental health professional as gatekeeper -- Clinical guidelines--therapeutic standards of care -- Chapter 2. The legacy : gender variance in history -- The historical legacy -- Medical science and gender variance -- Chapter 3. Deconstructing sex and gender : thinking outside the box -- Four components of identity -- Deconstructing the assumptions of sexual identity -- Part II: Diagnosis and assessment -- Chapter 4. Etiologies : causes and categories -- Etiological theories : nature and nurture--essentially constructed -- Categorical classifications : if the shoe doesn't fit--force it -- Chapter 5. Diagnosis and transgenderism : the creation of pathology -- The power of diagnosis -- Gender as pathological diagnosis -- Part III: Treatment issues -- Chapter 6. Learning to listen to gender narratives -- Mental health issues and transgenderism -- Clients seeking therapy -- Transgender narratives -- Therapist as midwife : the birth of story -- Chapter 7. Transgender emergence : a developmental process -- Coming out -- Transgender emergence -- Chapter 8. Family emergence -- Partners, spouses, and significant others -- Developmental stages for family members -- Families coping with transgenderism -- TransParents see -- Chapter 9. Transgendered children and youth -- Treatment, prevention, and parental rights -- Families with gender-variant children -- Gender variance and progressive treatments -- Transgender emergence--step-by-step maturation -- Chapter 10. The treatment of intersexed people : time for a new paradigm -- Assigning sex and the modern medical protocols -- Creating psychosocial emergency -- Standards of humane treatment for intersexed people. |
| Subject |
Gender identity disorders.
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Transsexualism.
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| ISBN |
0789007088 (alk. paper) |
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078902117X (softcover : alk. paper) |
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