Can my GP diagnose gender dysphoria?
See a GP if you think you or your child may have gender dysphoria. If the GP agrees, they can refer you to a gender dysphoria clinic (GDC) where you’ll be assessed by a specialist team.
What type of disorder is gender identity disorder?
The gender identity disorders (GID) are defined as disorders in which an individual exhibits marked and persistent identification with the opposite sex and persistent discomfort (dysphoria) with his or her own sex or sense of inappropriateness in the gender role of that sex.
How do you treat gender identity disorder?
Medical treatment
- Hormone therapy, such as feminizing hormone therapy or masculinizing hormone therapy.
- Surgery, such as feminizing surgery or masculinizing surgery to change the breasts or chest, external genitalia, internal genitalia, facial features, and body contouring.
What does gender identity disorder feel like?
What does dysphoria feel like? Gender dysphoria can feel different for everyone. It can manifest as distress, depression, anxiety, restlessness or unhappiness. It might feel like anger or sadness, or feeling slighted or negative about your body, or like there are parts of you missing.
How do I know my gender identity?
Clothing, appearance, and behaviors can all be ways to express your gender identity. Most people feel that they’re either male or female. Some people feel like a masculine female, or a feminine male. Some people feel neither male nor female.
How to find an NHS gender identity clinic?
Trans and non-binary people’s general health needs are the same as anyone else’s. But trans people may have specific health needs in relation to gender dysphoria or gender reassignment, or confirmation. Your particular needs may be best addressed by transgender health services offered by NHS gender identity clinics (GICs).
Are there any NHS services for gender dysphoria?
No one really knows because not all people who have a sense of unease about their identity, or already identify as gender diverse, need or ask for support from the NHS. The number of people being referred and diagnosed with the condition has increased a lot over the last decade.
When was the gender identity disorder guidance published?
Published by Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland, 29 March 2017 This guidance aims to raise awareness of LGBT rights in mental health services, and help health and social care services to provide high quality care and support to everyone with a mental illness.
How old do you have to be to go to a gender identity clinic?
Young people aged 17 or older may be seen in an adult gender identity clinic or be referred to one from GIDS. By this age, a teenager and the clinic team may be more confident about confirming a diagnosis of gender dysphoria. If desired, steps can be taken to more permanent treatments that fit with the chosen gender identity or as non-binary.
