An Increased Presence of Male Personalities in Dissociative Identity Disorder after Initiating Testosterone Therapy

An Increased Presence of Male Personalities in Dissociative Identity Disorder after Initiating Testosterone Therapy

Patients with gender dysphoria (GD) report significant dissociative symptoms and are found to have a high prevalence of a dissociative disorder of any kind. When GD patients elect to undergo cross-sex hormone therapy, there is a significant reduction in dissociative symptoms. However, to the best of...

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Main Authors: Monique Mun, Mohan Gautam, Renee Maan, Bassem Krayem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Psychiatry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8839984
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spelling doaj-050fbe1cf0b44260baa2e580166a047e2020-11-25T01:40:33ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Psychiatry2090-682X2090-68382020-01-01202010.1155/2020/88399848839984An Increased Presence of Male Personalities in Dissociative Identity Disorder after Initiating Testosterone TherapyMonique Mun0Mohan Gautam1Renee Maan2Bassem Krayem3Henry Ford Health System, Department of Psychiatry, 1 Ford Place, 1C-09 Detroit, Michigan, 48202, USAHenry Ford Health System, Department of Psychiatry, 1 Ford Place, 1C-09 Detroit, Michigan, 48202, USAHenry Ford Health System, Department of Psychiatry, 1 Ford Place, 1C-09 Detroit, Michigan, 48202, USAHenry Ford Health System, Department of Psychiatry, 1 Ford Place, 1C-09 Detroit, Michigan, 48202, USAPatients with gender dysphoria (GD) report significant dissociative symptoms and are found to have a high prevalence of a dissociative disorder of any kind. When GD patients elect to undergo cross-sex hormone therapy, there is a significant reduction in dissociative symptoms. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no known case reports that describe an alteration of personalities in dissociative identity disorder after initiating cross-sex hormone therapy. Thus, we present a case of a 20-year-old transgender male with GD, whom after initiating cross-sex hormone therapy with testosterone experienced an increased presence of his existing male personalities.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8839984
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An Increased Presence of Male Personalities in Dissociative Identity Disorder after Initiating Testosterone Therapy
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Renee Maan
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title An Increased Presence of Male Personalities in Dissociative Identity Disorder after Initiating Testosterone Therapy
title_short An Increased Presence of Male Personalities in Dissociative Identity Disorder after Initiating Testosterone Therapy
title_full An Increased Presence of Male Personalities in Dissociative Identity Disorder after Initiating Testosterone Therapy
title_fullStr An Increased Presence of Male Personalities in Dissociative Identity Disorder after Initiating Testosterone Therapy
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publishDate 2020-01-01
description Patients with gender dysphoria (GD) report significant dissociative symptoms and are found to have a high prevalence of a dissociative disorder of any kind. When GD patients elect to undergo cross-sex hormone therapy, there is a significant reduction in dissociative symptoms. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no known case reports that describe an alteration of personalities in dissociative identity disorder after initiating cross-sex hormone therapy. Thus, we present a case of a 20-year-old transgender male with GD, whom after initiating cross-sex hormone therapy with testosterone experienced an increased presence of his existing male personalities.
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