Psychiatric Analysis about Transsexuals.

Kim, Seok Kwun; Kim, Myung Hoon; Kwon, Yong Seok; Cha, Byung Hoon; Lee, Keun Cheol; Choi, Byung Moo; Son, Ho Sung

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2007;34(6):705-712.
Published online November 1, 2007.

Psychiatric Analysis about Transsexuals.

Seok Kwun Kim, Myung Hoon Kim, Yong Seok Kwon, Byung Hoon Cha, Keun Cheol Lee, Byung Moo Choi, Ho Sung Son

¹Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea. pokdungi@dau.ac.kr
²Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea.
³BK Dong Yang Plastic Surgery Clinic, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

PURPOSE
Transsexualism is considered to be the extreme end of the spectrum of gender identity disorders characterized by, among other things, a pursuit of sex reassignment surgery(SRS). We evaluated psychologic status, health-related quality of life in female-to-male (FTM), male-to-female(MTF) transgender individuals. METHODS: We used the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory, Moudsley obsessive-compulsive Inventory, SCL-90-R, Short-Form 36-Question Health Survey version 2(SF-36v2). We enrolled 40 transsexual participants.
RESULTS
Analysis of quality of life health concepts demonstrated statistically significant(p<0.01) diminished quality of life among the transsexual participants as compared to the Korea male and female population. FTM transgender participants reported more higher hostile, phobic than MTF transgenders. Overall, in all psychologic status examination, Transgender individuals are within normal population boundary. On all category, result is improved post-operatively.
CONCLUSION
Transgender participants reported mental status within normal boundary. SRS improved their quality of life and mental stability.

Keywords: Transsexual; Transgender; Gender reassignment