This article examines gender dysphoria with reference to the concept of the erotic body. Starting with this idea of the subjective body and its rearrangements in adolescence, the author presents two clinical cases which appear to show the uniqueness of each demand and its possible role in the subject’s libidinal economy.
Adolescence, 2020, 38, 2, 463-476.
This study focuses on the frequency of comorbid psychiatric issues in trans adolescents with an associated diagnosis of gender dysphoria who are treated in the transidentity service of the CHRU of Lille. The study includes 43 patients, 72.1 % of whom have at least one associated psychiatric diagnosis, anxiety disorders being the most prevalent. This study provides confirmation of the great psychic, indeed psychiatric, vulnerability of this population.
Adolescence, 2019, 37, 1, 111-123.