- Hardcover: 450 pages
- Publisher: Guilford Press; 1 edition (18 Jan 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0898622662
- ISBN-13: 978-0898622669
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,581,760 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A classic... The findings still represent current thinking and findings in the specialty of gender identity today, some 15 years after the date in which this text was introduced to the professional community and public....The volume is invaluable to mental health professionals in that Zucker and Bradley, psychologist and psychiatrist, team up to debunk certain misconceptions and to provide a detailed analysis of gender identity disorder in both boys and girls... The inclusion of children's artwork together with case examples and clinical rating forms are exceptionally helpful for purposes of diagnosis... The book is extremely well written and well documented." - Abe Worenklein, American Journal of Family Therapy, Vol. 39, No. 1, 2011
"Indeed a classic in the field, never dated from its original publication date many years ago. The findings still represent current thinking and findings in the specialty of gender identity today, some 15 years after the date in which this text was introduced to the professional community and public... Provides a thorough, in-depth, and authoritative overview of the phenomenology, epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of gender identity disorder and psychosexual problems in children and adolescents. The volume is invaluable to mental health professionals in that Zucker and Bradley, psychologist and psychiatrist, team up to debunk certain misconceptions and to provide a detailed analysis of gender identity disorder in both boys and girls together with a comprehensive review of the literature, including relevant studies of adults and research on the development of sexual orientation... The inclusion of children's artwork together with case examples and clinical rating forms are exceptionally helpful for purposes of diagnosis... The book is extremely well written and well documented in a manner that leaves the reader with a wealth of information not only in terms of diagnosis and intervention but also in terms of biological and psychosocial factors that may play a role in gender dysphoria. The topics are dealt with clearly and sensitively and leave the reader with a clear understanding of the development and treatment of children and adolescents who are subsequently diagnosed as having gender identity disorder." - Abe Worenklein, American Journal of Family Therapy, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2011
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This unique volume provides an overview of the most recent clinical work and research on gender identity disorder and psychosexual problems in children and adolescents. The extant literature is integrated with findings from the authors' own clinical research which incorporates the largest sample of children with gender identity disorder ever studied. Reflecting the authors' years of expertise in assessing and treating this population, this detailed work includes information on the disorder's core phenomenology, epidemiology, diagnosis and assessment, associated psychopathology, treatment, and long?term follow?up. Special attention is paid to the most recent research on the etiology of gender identity disorder and allied psychosexual phenomena, including transvestic fetishism, and the development of sexual orientation. Detailed clinical case material is included throughout.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Extremely thorough and competent,
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This review is from: Gender Identity Disorder And Psychosexual Problems In Children And adolescents (Hardcover)
Even four years after publication this text is a very fine achievement. Very thorough, extremely well referenced, and not extremist in the midst of the various scholarly debates which exist. There do not seem to be major papers since which greatly alter the conclusions.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Gender Identity Disorder does not exist, but, bigotry does,
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This review is from: Gender Identity Disorder And Psychosexual Problems In Children And adolescents (Hardcover)
How can anyone in the contemporary psycology comunity accept this homophobic and regressive treatment of homosexuality in youths. It is this kind of essentialist, gender role status quo promoting dogma which causes many parent to forcibly institutionalise sane children. Many youths, probally over hundreds have been labled as having "Gender Identity Disorder" simply for refusing to abide to our cultures (or their parents) gender norms. While institutionalised they are exposed to traumatic incidents as quacks try to train them to be straight (or act straight that is). This is no less than an attrocity commited in the name of homophobia and the perpetuation of an increasingly inaccurate and unacceptable gender status quo. Academics of all fields from Anthropology to Sociology, History, Biology and Psycology are comming to realize that gender is merely a western social construct. It exists only in terms of the society that creats it. The academic fields of Queer Theory and Gender Studies now function primarily on this premis and the author of this backward tract seems to have vollunteered to miss the boat in the name or bigotry and child abuse. I would suggest that any one with a serious loving concern for a child with "Gender Identity Sydrom" first consider his or her own homophobia before puting the child in psyciatric care. It is the homophobes and gender barrier defenders that need therepy, not young homosexual or transgendered children. I personally have known many homosexual and transgendered youths whose parents used Mental Instituations as dumping grounds for children who they just didn't understand. These kids were sane untill they were forced into assylum. From Sexologist Havelock Ellis on, it is a known and proven fact that all of the psycological problems commonly associated with homosexuals are caused by other people's hatefull treatment of them and not by any congenital deffect of the homosexual mind. If you seek wisdom and truely love and care about the fate of children every where go else were for knowlege. All that is to be found here is inacurate, bigoted and dangerous rhetoric.
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3.1 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews) 19 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
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Sensitive and intelligent work that shouldn't be ignored.,
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This review is from: Gender Identity Disorder And Psychosexual Problems In Children And adolescents (Hardcover)
It is a blessing that we live in an age where the subject of gender identity disorder can be discussed in such an intelligent and scholarly manner. It is a blessing because there are many individuals who suffer from said disorder and often go untreated. Those who are unhappy and seeking enlightenment on the topic of gender identity would benefit tremendously from this work, which offers a glimpse of hope in the form of the unbiased compassion of authors Zucker and Bradley. This is not, I repeat not a work to be feared and distrusted. It is a book of hope for many.
18 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
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A Credible and Reliable Reference Source,
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This review is from: Gender Identity Disorder And Psychosexual Problems In Children And adolescents (Hardcover)
Written by two world-renowned authorities on childhood gender conflicts, this book is a well-researched reference for counselors, teachers, therapists and other trained professionals whose clients include homosexual adolescents and pre-homosexual children. Though somewhat technical, Zucker and Bradley's work is also recommended to parents and guardians whose children are struggling with gender-related difficulties. The authors provide case studies, a thoughtful discussion of ethical issues, and an exhaustive compilation of clinical and empirical research data.
This book thoroughly investigates why some children, as early as age 2, become unhappy with their biological genders and begin to identify with the opposite sex. If left untreated, these children often become gay, lesbian, bisexual or transsexual in later life. Zucker and Bradley suggest a different outcome is possible when appropriate mental health services are provided at an early age. When children are instilled with self-esteem that includes acceptance of their genetic identities, gender conflicts tend to dissipate, the likelihood of future homosexuality diminishes, and the child's overall well-being is enhanced. Informative and well written, this book deals with a sensitive subject in a fair, balanced, scientifically objective and politically neutral manner. I recommend it to anyone whose policies and choices affect children in general and gender dysphoric children in particular. 12 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent sourcebook for clinicians working with GID issues,
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This review is from: Gender Identity Disorder And Psychosexual Problems In Children And adolescents (Hardcover)
This is an excellent sourcebook which makes a valiant attempt to present the related issues in a fair manner. For those of us who encounter GID persons in our work, this piece of scholarship offers some guideposts in an ethically, dilemma-ridden, area of clinical practice. These authors thrust themselves into the thick of it and lay out the facts behind each argument they present. I learned a tremendous amount from reading this book. I disagree with the prior writer who stated that the authors advocate ways of reducing the likelihood of homosexuality as in the opening chapter they cite Freud's admonition to theorists who would only look at homosexuality as the only [] oreintation in need of examination. The tone of the authors reflects their belief that being heterosexual is easier in this culture and that parents usually want what is going to make their childrens' lives easier. This book does not simply accept homophobic hateful "scholarship" as truth, but attempts to maximize the readers access to different ways of understanding the subject topic.
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