Author name: Dr Dianna Kenny

Psychotherapy for transgender declaring adolescents

Issues to consider NOSOLOGY in psychology/psychiatry ATTRIBUTIONS – external v internal attributional biases Historical attributional changes in conceptualizations of conditions like “hysteria” and alcoholism Attributional change in other disciplines e.g., Law and concept of doli incapax Changed understanding of homosexuality What drives changes in the DSM?Activism or science? DSM “diagnosis” of gender dysphoria Biased and culture […]

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Presentation to the CASS Webinar 2 July 2024 SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES and PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES for GENDER DYSPHORIC YOUNG PEOPLE: CHALLENGING UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS and ATTRIBUTIONS

Presentation to the CASS Webinar 2 July 2024 SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES and PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES for GENDER DYSPHORIC YOUNG PEOPLE: CHALLENGING UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS and ATTRIBUTIONS Nosology is the practice of classification of diseases in the medical sciences, psychiatry, and psychology. To classify behaviours or clinical presentations as dysfunctional requires the making of attributions, defined as automatic causal

Presentation to the CASS Webinar 2 July 2024 SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES and PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES for GENDER DYSPHORIC YOUNG PEOPLE: CHALLENGING UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS and ATTRIBUTIONS Read More »

Ending the Transgender pandemic: A call for public Health and Whole of Government Approach for GENDER DYSPHORIC Young People

ENDING THE TRANSGENDER PANDEMIC: A CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEALTH AND WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH FOR GENDER DYSPHORIC YOUNG PEOPLE Dianna T Kenny PhD Nosology is the practice of classification of diseases in psychiatry and psychology. To classify behaviours or clinical presentations as dysfunctional requires the making of attributions, defined as automatic causal beliefs about

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