Gender (r)evolution and contemporary psychiatry

Yulia Furlong; Aleksandar Janca

doi:10.1192/bjo.2022.46

Gender (r)evolution and contemporary psychiatry

BJPsych Open. 2022 Apr 7;8(3):e80. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2022.46.

Authors

Yulia Furlong¹, Aleksandar Janca²

Affiliations

¹ Dr Yulia Furlong is a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Western Australia, and Consultant Psychiatrist and the Head of Service for CAMHS Crisis Connect at Perth Children's Hospital. Dr Furlong was the Head of Service for the Paediatric Consultation Liaison and Gender Diversity Service at Perth Children's Hospital until January 2022.
² Prof. Aleksandar Janca is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre at the University of Western Australia.

Abstract

Perlson et al's editorial 'Envisioning a future for transgender and gender-diverse people beyond the DSM' heralds the arrival of the ICD-11's gender incongruence categories among conditions related to sexual health, brightening the spotlight on the re- (or rather de-)classification of gender-related disorders, which is a step in the right direction.

Keywords: Sexual and gender identity disorders; childhood experience; classification; nosology; phenomenology.