Gender Identity disorder is defined as consistent cross-gender identification of a person that is, when an individual has a desire or insists that she or he is of the opposite sex. They have a strong desire not to conform to the society's norm of his or her gender role.
Causes:
1. Hormonal imbalances - occurring during fetal and child development
2. Genetic abnormalities of individual
3. Environmental factors such as parenting of child rearing
4. Mixture of above components cause this disorder
Symptoms/Signs:
1. Expressed want to belong to opposite sex
2. Calling oneself names used typically by opposite sex
3. Believes that in time they will grow up to become the opposite sex
4. Experience rejection from peer groups
5. Self-isolation
6. Manifesting behavior seen in the opposite sex
7. Depressed or anxious
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-Kati
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