The ICD-11 classification of gender incongruence of adolescence and adulthood

Adequacy among transgender people in Lebanon

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ID15098569
AutoresBrigitte Khoury (0000-0003-3283-2875, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, autor de correspondencia), Joseph El‐khoury (0000-0002-4529-6840, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon), Ana Fresán (0000-0001-9160-6988, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz), Ana Fresán Orellana (Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz), Sariah Daouk (0000-0002-5043-6297, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon), Nicole Khauli (Columbia University), Zeina Ramadan (Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon), Geoffrey M Reed (0000-0002-6572-4785, Columbia University), Rebecca Robles (Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz)
Año2021
Volumen23
Número1
Páginas131-142
Fecha de publicación2021-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2019.1692907
PMID32031503
OpenAlexW3005172380
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas10

The aim of this study was to evaluate the adequacy of the then proposed International Classification of Diseases version 11 (ICD-11) diagnostic guidelines for Gender Incongruence of Adolescence and Adulthood in a sample of transgender people accessing multi-disciplinary health care services at specialised organisations in Lebanon. The cross-sectional study reported here was part of the ICD-11 field test studies that took place in several countries. Twenty-eight Arab transgender adults residing in Lebanon were recruited after giving consent to participate in a structured interview with a mental health professional. The questions asked of them consisted of the following: socio-demographic data; medical history related to gender identity; experiences of gender incongruence; psychological distress; rejection; violence; and functional impairment. Results showed that Arab transgender individuals living in Lebanon report being the victims of violence, abuse, discrimination and rejection from family, peers and society in general. As a result, they develop psychological distress that is better explained by the social context in which they live, rather than by their transgender identity. Reformulating ICD-10 Transsexualism as Gender Incongruence of Adolescence and Adulthood in ICD-11 and moving this diagnosis out of the chapter on mental disorders chapter would be favourable to the Lebanese sample

Context (archaeology · Distress · Gender identity · Mental health · Psychiatry · Transgender · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Clinical Psychology · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology