Gender Dysphoria in a Mother and Son: A Report of Two Cases Referred to Legal Medicine Office of Iran

Authors: Nowroozi A, Borji E and Saberi SM*

DOI: 10.23880/mhrij-16000138

Volume 4, Issue 1

Abstract

Two cases of gender dysphoria are presented in this article, a mother and her son who had requested legal permission for sex reassignment surgery. The cases were a 16-year-old boy and her 38-year-old biological mother who were referred to the department of forensic psychiatry in Legal Medicine Organization of Iran. They were referred to special clinics for psychiatric evaluations and finally the diagnosis “gender dysphoria” was confirmed. They were not met any criteria for other mental disorders and had not any physical abnormality. Their sex chromosomes were consistent with their physical identities. The results support the possibility of familial aggregation or a shared state of gender identity problems because of a pathologic impressibility and imitation and/or a genetic predisposition of gender dysphoria.

Keywords: Gender Dysphoria; Sex Reassignment; Shared Identity Problem; Genetic Predisposition

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