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Case Reports
. 2016 Jan-Feb;38(1):78-80.
doi: 10.4103/0253-7176.175131.

Transvestism as a Symptom: A Case Series

M Anupama  1 , K H Gangadhar  2 , Vandana B Shetty  1 , P Bhadja Dip  1
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Transvestism as a Symptom: A Case Series

M Anupama et al. Indian J Psychol Med. 2016 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Transvestism, commonly termed as cross-dressing, means to dress in the clothing of opposite sex. We describe a series of three cases with transvestism as one of their primary complaints. The discussion sheds light on the various ways in which transvestism as a symptom can present in Psychiatry. In the first two cases, there was lower intelligence. In first and third case, there were other paraphilia along with transvestism. Second case had co-morbid obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and had good response to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI).

Keywords: Cross-dressing; paraphilia; transvestism.

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