OBJECTIVE To evaluate quality of life and patients' satisfaction in transsexual patients (TS) after sex reassignment operation compared with healthy controls. DESIGN A case-control study. SETTING A tertiary referral center. PATIENT(S) Patients after sex reassignment operation were compared with a similar group of healthy controls in respect to quality of life and general satisfaction. I...

conclusions according to the findings of this study, gid patients who have been operated are more secure in attachment styles than those who have not been operated, and there is a significant correlation between age, education and gender with attachment style among these individuals. results findings showed that the highest frequency (71%) in terms of secure attachment and the lowest frequency ...

Gender identity disorder (GID) refers to transsexual individuals who feel that their assigned biological gender is incongruent with their gender identity and this cannot be explained by any physical intersex condition. There is growing scientific interest in the last decades in studying the neuroanatomy and brain functions of transsexual individuals to better understand both the neuroanatomical...

Aim
 The aim of this article is to discuss the ICD-11 with respect changes introduced in classification diagnoses related gender identity.
 Method
 text analyses and discusses briefly concerning identity new diseases content language as well their practical implications social dimension. 
 Results
 decision by World Health Organisation remove transsexualism create a cat...

BACKGROUND The degree to which one identifies as male or female has a profound impact on one's life. Yet, there is a limited understanding of what contributes to this important characteristic termed gender identity. In order to reveal factors influencing gender identity, studies have focused on people who report strong feelings of being the opposite sex, such as male-to-female (MTF) transsexual...