Psychiatry

Primary school pupil with gender disorder to get hormone treatmenｔ

We discussed about this article today.

Gender identity disorder is mismatch of physical sexuality and mental sexuality. 

According to the article, this is first time to treat a patient before secondary characteristic by hormonal injection. 

In my opinion, this article should pay more attention to the patient privacy. There is possible people around him/her to notice it. Therefore, it is better to mention just letter of prefecture, or institution. 

Psychiatry is difficult, because there is no clear way to define disorders or normal. DSM-Ⅳ is one of major criteria to diagnose psychiatric diseases. This criteria is changed almost annually. It means the criteria is developing, changes along to social situation, and is not obvious consensus among experts. It is more arbitrary than other organic disability.