Gender dysphoria
- Gender dysphoria refers to the distress caused by the incongruity between gender identity and sex assigned at birth and not the experience of incongruity itself.
- Affected individuals have difficulties in multiple areas of function (e.g., social, academic) due to the incongruity between experienced gender and sex assigned at birth.
Tip
A transgender or gender diverse identity is not a mental disorder but may cause distress potentially leading to psychiatric disorders due to stigma, discrimination, and/or a sense of mismatch between gender assigned at birth and gender identity (e.g., gender dysphoria).