Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide
Gender Dysphoria
DEFINITION
- Discomfort or distress that is caused by a discrepancy between a person’s gender identity and that person’s sex assigned at birth (and the associated gender role and/or primary and secondary sex characteristics)
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Last updated: August 30, 2025
Citation
Adnane, Lydia, et al. "Gender Dysphoria." Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2025. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787089/3.0/Gender_Dysphoria.
Adnane L, Hammond AS, Berlin FS. Gender Dysphoria. Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2025. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787089/3.0/Gender_Dysphoria. Accessed October 29, 2025.
Adnane, L., Hammond, A. S., & Berlin, F. S. (2025). Gender Dysphoria. In Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787089/3.0/Gender_Dysphoria
Adnane L, Hammond AS, Berlin FS. Gender Dysphoria [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2025. [cited 2025 October 29]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787089/3.0/Gender_Dysphoria.
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