{"product_id":"gender-dysphoria-development-research-management-9781468447866","title":"Gender Dysphoria: Development, Research, Management","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Betty W. Steiner\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the decade-and-a-half since I coedited Transsexualism and Sex Reassignment (Green \u0026amp; Money, 1969), remarkable changes have occurred with Harry Ben- jamin's \"transsexual phenomenon\" (1966). Formerly, when writing about this condition in scientific journals, it was necessary to define the term transsex- ualism. Now the lay public recognizes it. Even the American Psychiatric Asso- ciation acknowledges it as a \"disorder,\" with its inclusion in the Third Edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (1980). Although this \"elevation\" to the status of mental illness may seem a Pyrrhic victory, it is a recognition of the legitimacy of transsexual ism as a source of human suffering. The controversy that surrounded the decisions in the early patient cases to perform sex-change surgery has largely dissipated. The cries of \"collusion with delusion,\" principally from psychoanalysts, have quieted. The dire predictions of psychosis and\/or suicide following surgery as the \"last psychic defenses are cut away\" have almost never been realized. By contrast, many postoperative patients consider the surgery to have been life-saving. Medical centers worldwide have incorporated programs for evaluating and treating persons requesting sex reas- signment. Elaborate guidelines for patient management have been developed by an international organization of health care professionals (Harry Benjamin Inter- national Gender Dysphoria Association, 1981). Harry Benjamin's child has come of age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45283809886359,"sku":"9781468447866","price":7345.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781468447866.webp?v=1769305969","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/gender-dysphoria-development-research-management-9781468447866","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}