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- The study aimed to assess the suitability of the ICD-11 diagnostic guidelines for Gender Incongruence among transgender individuals in Lebanon who are receiving specialized health care.
- A sample of 28 Arab transgender adults participated in structured interviews covering various aspects like their demographic background, medical history, experiences of gender incongruence, and societal challenges.
- Findings indicated that these individuals face significant violence, discrimination, and psychological distress largely due to social factors, suggesting that changing the classification from transsexualism to Gender Incongruence in the ICD-11 could better reflect their experiences.
Article 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. 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.
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