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      Removing transgender identity from the classification of mental disorders: a Mexican field study for ICD-11.

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          The conceptualisation of transgender identity as a mental disorder has contributed to precarious legal status, human rights violations, and barriers to appropriate health care among transgender people. The proposed reconceptualisation of categories related to transgender identity in WHO's forthcoming International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-11 removes categories related to transgender identity from the classification of mental disorders, in part based on the idea that these conditions do not satisfy the definitional requirements of mental disorders. We aimed to determine whether distress and impairment, considered essential characteristics of mental disorders, could be explained by experiences of social rejection and violence rather than being inherent features of transgender identity, and to examine the applicability of other elements of the proposed ICD-11 diagnostic guidelines.

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          Journal
          Lancet Psychiatry
          The lancet. Psychiatry
          Elsevier BV
          2215-0374
          2215-0366
          Sep 2016
          : 3
          : 9
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City, Mexico.
          [2 ] Clinica Especializada Condesa, Ministry of Health, Mexico City, Mexico.
          [3 ] Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City, Mexico; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT), Mexico City, Mexico.
          [4 ] School of Psychology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address: gmreed@unam.mx.
          Article
          S2215-0366(16)30165-1
          10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30165-1
          27474250
          d3fe02ba-6510-4889-a4c5-31cea61257f3
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