Trans depathologisation and gender identity disorder in Japan
A critical discourse analysis of medical literature, 2010-2022
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4597838 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yuumi Konishi (0000-0002-5144-5427, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 353 |
| Pages | 117039 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117039 |
| PMID | 38971112 |
| OpenAlex | W4399456248 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 33 |
Since the depathologisation movement in 2007 to challenge the pathologisation of trans identities in Western psychiatry, significant developments have occurred, including revisions to Standards of Care and diagnostic criteria such as ICD-11's gender incongruence and DSM-5's gender dysphoria, acknowledging gender diversity as an expected part of human development. This paper argues that Japanese medical models reflect global issues but also have unique aspects shaped by cultural and linguistic nuances. Using critical discourse analysis, this paper examines how depathologisation discourses are perceived in the Japanese medical community, focusing on the term seidouitsusei-syōgai (gender identity disorder), presenting three ways in which seidouitsusei-syōgai is used: psychiatric disorder, syōgai/sikkan (impairment/disability/disorder), and diagnostic category. These uses are influenced by legal and social reforms, healthcare access and alignment with international classifications, while the medical profession's authority remains unexamined. Reflecting the structural challenges of diagnostic models in trans medicine, the interpretation of seidouitsusei-syōgai differs from the English phrase 'gender identity disorder' due to the specific connotations of syōgai in the Japanese context. By examining Japan's approach to depathologisation and medicalisation, this paper enriches the understanding of trans medicine and the impact of depathologisation discourse in Japan
Context (archaeology · Critical discourse analysis · Discourse analysis · Diversity (politics · Gender dysphoria · Gender identity · Gender Identity Disorder · Identity (music · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Sociology · Anthropology · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Studies · History · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
Medical Nemesis
Changing Sex
Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8
Beyond medicalisation
Changing models of Transsexualism
Sociology of diagnosis
Medicalisation
The Empire Strikes Back
Democratising diagnoses? The role of the depathologisation perspective in constructing corporeal trans citizenship
(Dys) Functional Diagnosing
The Informed Consent Model of Transgender Care
The DSM-5 and the Politics of Diagnosing Transpeople
Sociological imperialism and the profession of medicine
From the stage to the clinic
Imagining Transgender
Depathologization
Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender-Nonconforming People, Version 7
Patient activism and the struggle for diagnosis
I just want permission to be ill
Consumerism, reflexivity and the medical encounter
Recognizing medicalization and demedicalization
Medicine as an Institution of Social Control
PTSD in DSM-III
The Socio-Medical Construction of Transsexualism
The Shifting Engines of Medicalization
The rise of surveillance medicine
The concept of medicalisation reassessed
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |