An Overview of the DSM-5-TR (Text Revision) Process with a Focus on the Diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria

Date/Time
Date(s) - Friday, May 14th, 2021
9:30 am - 11:30 am


Hosted by LGBT Health Working Group on Gender

Program organized by Jack Drescher, MD

1) The DSM-5-TR revision process
Michael B. First, MD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University
Paul S. Appelbaum, MD 
Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Law, Columbia University

2) The process of revising the DSM-5-TR chapter on Gender Dysphoria
Jack Drescher, MD 
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University

3) Significant changes in the text of the child diagnosis
Stewart L. Adelson, MD 
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University
Thomas D. Steemsma, PhD 
Medical Professional, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

4) Significant changes in the text of the adolescent/adult diagnosis
William Byne, MD 
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University
Walter Bockting, PhD
Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry and Nursing), Columbia University
Cecilia Dhejne, MD, PhD 
Medical Director, ANOVA Andrology, Sexual Medicine, Transgender Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, and Dept. Medicine, Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm, Sweden

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