Open AccessMistaken gender identity in non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Author(s) -
Prerna Kukreti,
Manish Kandpal,
RC Jiloha
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.130504
Subject(s) - congenital adrenal hyperplasia , identity (music) , gender identity , gender identity disorder , psychology , hyperplasia , developmental psychology , medicine , endocrinology , social psychology , philosophy , aesthetics
Gender identity is the sense of belonging that one feels for a particular sex psychologically and socially, independent of one's biological sex. There is much less systematic data on gender identity in females with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). We report a case of non-classical CAH presenting as a case of gender identity disorder.