Gender Identity Disturbances in Intersexed Patients

LAWRENCE E. NEWMAN and ROBERT J. STOLLERAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 124, Number 9

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.9.1262

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The outward manifestations of gender role may conceal an aberration of gender identity in intersexed patients. The authors present the case of a woman with pseudohermaphroditism whose apparent femininity concealed an ambiguous gender identity. The mother's early uncertainty about the child's sex led to this disorder. Physicians involved in the treatment of intersexed patients should be aware of this kind of problem.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 124 • Number 9 • March 1968

Pages: 1262 - 1266

PubMed: 5637915

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Published in print: March 1968

Published online: 1 April 2006

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LAWRENCE E. NEWMAN

Gender identity research clinic, department of psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024

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ROBERT J. STOLLER

Gender identity research clinic, department of psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024

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Gender Identity Disturbances in Intersexed Patients

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