性别烦躁的诊断和治疗

Diagnosis and treatment of gender dysphoria

本文目的是探讨性别烦躁的诊断和治疗,以加强广大医务工作者对该疾病的了解并引起足够的关注。性别烦躁是一种个体强烈地确认自己为相反性别,并以此感到痛苦的疾病。这些痛苦来源于生理性别与他们自己认为和感受的性别不匹配。性别烦躁可始于儿童期或青春晚期或成年期。儿童期和青少年期性别烦躁的治疗方法包括心理支持治疗和家庭治疗;成年期性别烦躁的治疗可根据患者的具体情况选择以相反性别方式生活、性激素治疗以及手术治疗。

This paper discussed the relevant contents of gender dysphoria, in order to strengthen the understanding of the medical staff on the disease and arouse enough concern.Gender dysphoria is a disease in which individuals strongly identify themselves as the opposite gender. The pain stems from a mismatch between their biological gender and self-proclaimed gender. Gender dysphoria begins invarious periods, including childhood, late adolescence and adulthood. Treatments of gender dysphoria in childhood and adolescence include psychological support therapy and family therapy.For adult patients, adjustment of lifestyle, sex hormone therapy and surgical treatment can be selected according to the specific situation of patients.