When a Hybrid Account of Disorder is not Enough: The Case of Gender Dysphoria

In this paper I discuss Wakefield’s account of mental disorder as applied to the case of gender dysphoria (GD). I argue that despite being a hybrid account which brings together a naturalistic and normative element in order to avoid pathologising normal or expectable states, the theory alone is stil...

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Main Author: Kathleen Murphy-Hollies
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: University of Rijeka. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 2021
Subjects:
DSM
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/18aaf6f4424f438a9825b3c89394ff00
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