@article{ref1,
title="The ICD-11 classification of gender incongruence of adolescence and adulthood: adequacy among transgender people in Lebanon",
journal="Culture health and sexuality",
year="2020",
author="Khoury, Brigitte and El Khoury, Joseph and Fresán Orellana, Ana and Daouk, Sariah and Khauli, Nicole and Ramadan, Zeina and Reed, Geoffrey M. and Robles, Rebecca",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="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. <br><br>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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1369-1058",
doi="10.1080/13691058.2019.1692907",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2019.1692907"
}