Gender incongruence: a comparative study using ICD-10 and DSM-5 diagnostic criteria

• Autor(a) principal: Soll,Bianca M.
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Robles-García,Rebeca, Brandelli-Costa,Angelo, Mori,Daniel, Mueller,Andressa, Vaitses-Fontanari,Anna M., Cardoso-da-Silva,Dhiordan, Schwarz,Karine, Abel-Schneider,Maiko, Saadeh,Alexandre, Lobato,Maria-Inês-Rodrigues
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry (São Paulo. 1999. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462018000200174
• topic: Diagnosis and classification; gender differences; minority issues and cross-cultural psychiatry; history of psychiatry; social and political issues

Objective: To compare the presence of criteria listed in the DSM-5 and ICD-10 diagnostic manuals in a Brazilian sample of transgender persons seeking health services specifically for physical transition. Methods: This multicenter cross-sectional study included a sample of 103 subjects who sought services for gender identity disorder in two main reference centers in Brazil. The method involved a structured interview encompassing the diagnostic criteria in the two manuals. Results: The results revealed that despite theoretical disagreement about the criteria, the manuals overlap regarding diagnosis confirmation; the DSM-5 was more inclusive (97.1%) than the ICD-10 (93.2%) in this population. Conclusions: Although there is no consensus on diagnostic criteria on transgenderism in the diversity of social and cultural contexts, more comprehensive diagnostic criteria are evolving due to society’s increasing inclusivity.