dysphoria

(noun)

A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression, or anxiety.

Related Terms

  • sex-reassignment therapy
  • transgender
  • gender identity

Examples of dysphoria in the following topics:

  • Gender Dysphoria

    • Gender dysphoria is a controversial diagnosis characterized by a person's discontent with the sex and gender they were assigned at birth.
    • Many people who are diagnosed with gender dysphoria identify as transgender, genderfluid, or otherwise gender non-conforming in some way; however not everyone who identifies as transgender or gender non-conforming experiences gender dysphoria.
    • Advantages and disadvantages exist to classifying gender dysphoria as a disorder, however.
    • Gender dysphoria exists when a person suffers discontent due to gender identity, causing them emotional distress.
    • Researchers disagree about the nature of distress and impairment in people with gender dysphoria.
  • Current Issues and Debates in Psychology

    • Another recent change to the DSM-5 is the renaming of "gender identity disorder" to "gender dysphoria."
    • One of the major impacts of this change is the reduction of stigma by changing the language from "disorder" to "dysphoria," which serves as a step toward depathologizing people who identify as transgender or differently gendered.
  • Classifying Abnormal Behavior: The DSM

    • Notable changes include the change from autism and Asperger syndrome to a combined autism spectrum disorder; dropping the subtype classifications for variant forms of schizophrenia; dropping the "bereavement exclusion" for depressive disorders; a revised treatment and naming of gender-identity disorder to gender dysphoria; and changes to the criterion for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
  • Cluster B: Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, and Narcissistic Personality Disorders

    • Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood, such as intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety lasting between a few hours and a few days;
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