The case of mistaken diagnosis of transsexualism in a patient with schizotypal disorder
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D'yachenko AV, Bukhanovskaya OA, Soldatkin VA, et al. [The case of mistaken diagnosis of transsexualism in a patient with schizotypal disorder]. Rossiiskii psikhiatricheskii zhurnal [Russian Journal of Psychiatry]. 2021;(2):73-83. Russian
The article presents a clinical case of a 20-year-old girl with schizotypal disorder who was previously diagnosed with Transsexualism (F64.0) and issued a certificate of sex change in order to demonstrate a number of problems of the system of determining indications for sex change adopted in Russia. The occurrence of gender dysphoria in the patient was due to the presence in the clinical picture of autopsychic depersonalization, dysmorphophobia, obsessive experiences and bipolar mood swings.
Keywords transsexualism; gender dysphoria; gender discrepancy; gender change; schizophrenia; schizotypal disorder
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.47877/1560-957Х-2021-10208
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