Born in the Right Body: Alleviating Gender Dysphoric Symptoms Using Deep Brain Stimulation

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This paper was submitted to a module named neuropsychology taken in the British university in Egypt Applied Psychology department by a senior student. The paper proposes the utilization of Deep Brain stimulation (DBS) on patients with gender dysphoria. The results of utilizing such technique may serve two purposes; first, it may discover an effective way of treating gender dysphoric patients who are at high risk of suicide and secondly, it may support or oppose the theory developed by Stephen V Gliske called the multisense theory of gender dysphoria.  

tags: deep brain stimulation

related terms: Brain Stimulation, DBS, gender dysphoria, suicide, Stephen Gliske

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