Publications

Publications

Peer Review Articles

In Press

2023

  1. Drescher J: Informed consent or scare tactics? A response to Levine et al.’s “Reconsidering informed consent for trans-identified children, adolescents, and young adults.” J Sex & Marital Therapy, 49(1):99-107.

2022

  1. Drescher J: Is it really about freedom of thought?: A response to Marcus Evans’ “Freedom to Think.” British J. of Psychiatry Bulletin, 46(6):321-3249.

2021

  1. Ghazzawi A, Casoy F, Libby N, McIntosh C, Barber M, Adelson S, Ahola J, Ashley K, Chavez AM, Erickson-Schroth L, Fadus M, Goldenberg D, Hung K, Lothwell L, Mattson M, McAfee SG, Nowaskie DZ, Schwartz A, Tompkins DA, Yarbrough ER, *Drescher J: The Dear Abby Project: A qualitative investigation into faith and LGBTQ identities in a nonclinical sample of readers of the Dear Abby column. J Nervous & Mental Disease, 209(12):855-858.
  2. Drescher J: Metafore e metapsicologia: Una discussione de ‘L’uomo vaginale’ di Griffin Hansbury (Metaphors and metapsychology: A discussion of Griffin Hansbury’s ‘The masculine Vaginal’). Invited Discussant, Psicoterapia e Scienze Umane, 2021, 55(1):51-54.

2020

  1. Wang Y, Hu Z, Peng K, Xin Y, Yang Y, *Drescher J, Li R, Yin W, Yu R, Wang S, Deng W, Jia Q, Zucker KJ, Chen, R: Mental health status of cisgender and gender-diverse secondary school students in China. JAMA Network Open, 2020, 3(10):e2022796.
  2. *Drescher J, Fadus M: Issues arising in psychotherapy with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients, Focus: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry,2020, 18(3):262-267.
  3. Ghazzawi A, Casoy F, Libby N, McIntosh C, Adelson S, Ashley K, *Drescher J, Goldenberg D, Hung K, Lothwell L, Mattson MR, McAfee SG, Schwartz A, Suhail-Sindhu S, Tompkins DA, Yarbrough E, Barber ME: Religious faith and transgender identity: The Dear Abby Project, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 2020, 24(2):190-204.

2019

  1. Wang Y, Hu Z, Peng K, Xin Y, Yang Y, *Drescher J, Chen, R: Comment: Discrimination against LGBT populations in China. Lancet Public Health, 2019, 4(9):Pe440-441.
  2. Chen R, Zhuf X, Wright L, *Drescher J, Gaof Y, Wu L, Ying X, Qim J, Chen C, Xi Y, Jio L, Zhao H, Ou J, Broome MR: Suicidal ideation and attempted suicide amongst Chinese transgender persons: National population study. J Affective Disorders. 2019, 245:1126-11134.

2018

  1. Drescher J: Asses making passes: Making meaning of unwanted sexual advances. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 2018, 54(4):665-676.
  2. *Drescher J, Fors M: An appreciation and critique of PDM-2’s focus on minority stress through the case of Frank. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 2018, 35(3):357-362.

2017

  1. Drescher J: Smoke gets in your eyes: Discussion of “When Harry met Jimmie.” Psychoanalytic Perspectives, 2017, 14(1):31-39.

2016

  1. * Reed GM, *Drescher J, Krueger RB, Atalla E, Cochran SD, First MB, Cohen-Kettenis PT, et al. Revising the ICD-10 Mental and Behavioural Disorders classification of sexuality and gender identity based on current scientific evidence, best clinical practices, and human rights World Psychiatry, 2016, 15:205–221.
  2. Drescher J, Schwartz A, Casoy, F, McIntosh CA, Hurley, B, Ashely K, et al: The growing regulation of conversion therapy. Journal of Medical Regulation, 2016, 102(2):7-12. Winner of Federation of State Medical Boards’ Award for Excellence in Editorial Writing, April 26, 2018.
  3. *Drescher J, Cohen-Kettenis PT, Reed GM: Gender incongruence of childhood in the ICD-11: Controversies, proposal, and rationale. Lancet Psychiatry, 2016, 3:297-304.

2015

  1. Drescher J: Out of DSM: Depathologizing homosexuality. Behavioral Sciences, 2015, 5:565-575.
  2. Lingiard V, Nardelli N, *Drescher J: New Italian lesbian, gay and bisexual psychotherapy guidelines: A review. International Review of Psychiatry, 2015, 27(5):405-415.
  3. Drescher J: Queer diagnoses revisited: The past and future of homosexuality and gender diagnoses in DSM and ICD. International Review of Psychiatry, 2015, 27(5):386-395.
  4. Drescher J: Gender policing in the clinical setting: Discussion of Sandra Silverman’s “The Colonized Mind: Gender, Trauma and Mentalization.” Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 2015, 25(1):67-76.
  5. Drescher J: Can sexual orientation be changed? Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 2015, 19(1):84-93.

2014

  1. *Drescher J, Pula J: Ethical issues raised by the treatment of gender variant prepubescent children. The Hastings Center Report, 2014, 44, Suppl 4:S17-22.
  2. Cochran SD, *Drescher J, Kismodi E, Giami A, García-Moreno C, Reed, GM: Proposed declassification of disease categories related to sexual orientation in ICD-11: Rationale and evidence from the Working Group on Sexual Disorders and Sexual Health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2014, 92:672–679.
  3. Drescher J: Are the kids all right? Avuncular reflections on the gayby boom. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 2014, 18(2):222-229.
  4. Drescher J: Controversies in gender diagnoses. LGBT Health, 2014, 1(1):9-15.

2013

  1. Zucker KJ, Cohen-Kettenis PT, Drescher J, Meyer-Bahlburg HFL, Pfäfflin F,. Womack WM: Memo outlining evidence for change for gender identity disorder in the DSM-5. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2013, 42:901–914.
  2. Drescher J: Ghosts in the consulting room: A discussion of Anson’s “Ghosts in the Dressing Room.” Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 2013, 17:112-120.

2012

  1. *Drescher J, Cohen-Kettenis PT, Winter S: Minding the body: Situating gender diagnoses in the ICD-11. International Review of Psychiatry, 2012, 24(6): 568–577.
  2. *Drescher J, Byne W: Introduction to the treatment of gender dysphoric/gender variant (GD/GV) children and adolescents. Journal of Homosexuality, 2012, 59(3):295-300.
  3. *Drescher J, Byne W: Gender Dysphoric/Gender Variant (GD/GV) children and adolescents: Summarizing what we know and what we have yet to learn. Journal of Homosexuality, 2012, 59(3):501-510.
  4. Drescher J: The removal of homosexuality from the DSM: Its impact on today’s marriage equality debate. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 2012, 16(2):124-135.
  5. Barber M, *Drescher J, Rosario V: The GAP [Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry] online LGBT mental health curriculum. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 2012, 16(1):41-48.

2010

  1. Drescher J: Queer diagnoses: Parallels and contrasts in the history of homosexuality, gender variance, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2010, 39:427–460.
  2. Vance Jr. SR, Cohen-Kettenis PT, Drescher J, Meyer-Bahlburg HFL, Pfäfflin F, Zucker KJ: Opinions about the DSM gender identity disorder diagnosis: Results from an international survey administered to organizations concerned with the welfare of transgender people. International Journal of Transgenderism, 2010, 12:1-14.
  3. Drescher J: Transsexualism, gender identity disorder and the DSM. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 2010, 14(2):109-122.
  4. Drescher J: There is no there there: A discussion of “Narcissism and self-esteem among homosexual and heterosexual male students. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 2010, 36(1):38-47.

2009

  1. Drescher J: When politics distorts science: What mental health professionals can do. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 2009; 13(3):21-226.
  2. Drescher J: Handle with care: The psychoanalysis of a touchy case. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 2009; 13(1):4–20.

2008

  1. Drescher J: A history of homosexuality and organized psychoanalysis. Invited Paper. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, 2008; 36(3):443-460.

2007

  1. Drescher J: From Bisexuality to intersexuality: Rethinking gender categories. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 2007; 43(2):204-228.

2003

  1. Drescher J: The Spitzer study and the culture wars. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2003; 32(5):431-432.

2002

  1. Drescher J: Ethical issues in treating gay and lesbian patients. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2002; 25(30):605-621.
  2. Drescher J: In memory of Stephen A. Mitchell, PhD. Studies in Gender & Sexuality, 2002; 3(1):95-109
  3. Drescher J: Invisible gay adolescents: Developmental narratives of gay men. Adolescent Psychiatry: Annals of the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, 2002; 26:73-94
  4. Drescher J: Don’t ask, don’t tell: A gay man’s perspective on the psychoanalytic training experience between 1973 and 1991. J. Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, 2002; 6(1):45-56.
  5. Drescher J: Causes and becauses: On etiological theories of homosexuality. The Annual of Psychoanalysis, 2002; 30:57-68

2001

  1. Drescher J: Ethical concerns raised when patients seek to change same-sex attractions. J. Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, 2001; 5(3/4):181-210

2000

  1. Drescher J: Cornucopia: Responses to Rosario, Cohler, Orange, Roughton, and Shelby’s Discussions of Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man. Gender & Psychoanalysis 2000; 5(3):291-319

1999

  1. Drescher J: The therapist’s authority and the patient’s sexuality. J. Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, 1999; 3(2):61-80

1998

  1. Drescher J: I’m your handyman: A history of reparative therapies. J. Homosexuality, 1998; 36(1):19-42.
  2. Drescher J: Contemporary psychoanalytic psychotherapy with gay men: With a commentary on reparative therapy of homosexuality. J. Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, 1998; 2(4):51-74.

1997

  1. Drescher J: From preoedipal to postmodern: Changing psychoanalytic attitudes toward homosexuality. Gender & Psychoanalysis 1997; 2(2):203-216.

1996

  1. Drescher J: Across the great divide: Gender panic in the psychoanalytic dyad. Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy 1996; 13(2):174-186.
  2. Drescher J: A discussion across sexual orientation and gender boundaries: Reflections of a gay male analyst to a heterosexual female analyst. Gender & Psychoanalysis 1996; 1(2):223-237.

Reviews, Chapters, Monographs, Editorials

In Press

  1. *Drescher J, Byne W: Gay and lesbian identities and homosexual behavior. In Boland R, Verduin M (Eds), Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, Eleventh Edition. Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA.
  2. *Drescher J, Byne W: Gender identity, gender variance and gender dysphoria/incongruence. In Boland R, Verduin M (Eds), Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, Eleventh Edition. Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA.
  3. Yarbrough E, Aoun EG, *Drescher J: LGBTQ Individual. In Tasman A, Riba MB, Schulze TG, Ng C, Alarcón RD, Alfonso CA, Toševski DL, Kanba S, Ndetei D (Eds), Tasman’s Psychiatry, Fifth Edition, Springer, New York.
  4. *Drescher J, Yarbrough E: Gender Incongruence/Gender Dysphoria. In Tasman A, Riba MB, Schulze TG, Ng C, Alarcón RD, Alfonso CA, Toševski DL, Kanba S, Ndetei D (Eds), Tasman’s Psychiatry, Fifth Edition, Springer, New York.
  5. Drescher J: Introduction to LGBT Section. In Gabbard, G, Crisp-Han, H (Eds), Gabbard’s Textbook of Psychotherapeutic Treatments in Psychiatry, 2nd Edition, American Psychiatric Press.

 

2022

  1. Drescher J: Foreword. In Douglas C. Haldeman (Ed), Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts: Evidence, Effects, and Ethics. APA Books, Washington, DC, pp. xi-xv.

 

2021

  1. Drescher J: Parliamo di sesso? Si, ma in che modo dovremmo parlarne? (Can we talk about sex? Yes, but how should we talk about it?). Preface to Daniel Giunti’s Sessuologia: Tutto quello che non sapevi di voler sapere sul mondo del sesso (Sexology: Everything you didn’t know you wanted to know about the world of sex). Feltrinelli, Milano, p. 7.

 

2019                                                                                           

  1. Drescher J: From Bisexuality to Intersexuality: Rethinking Gender Categories. In Hertzmann L, Newbigin J (Eds), Sexuality and Gender Now: Moving Beyond Heteronormativity. Routledge, New York and London, pp. 167-188.
  2. *Drescher J, Roberts LW, Termuehlen, G: Treatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patients. In Roberts L (Ed) American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Psychiatry, Seventh Edition. American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC, pp. 1185-1212.
  3. Drescher J: Moving the conversation along: Preface to Section I. In Slomowitz A, Feit A (Eds), Homosexuality, Transsexuality, Psychoanalysis and Traditional Judaism. Routledge, New York and London, pp. 3-7.

2018                                                                                           

  1. Drescher J: Foreword. In Eric Yarbrough, Transgender Mental Health. American Psychiatric Association Press, Washington DC, pp. ix-xi.
  2. Drescher J: Becoming a psychoanalyst. In Hillman L, Rosenblatt T (Eds), The Analyst’s Voice: Narratives on Developing a Psychoanalytic Identity. Routledge: New York and London, pp. 77-93.

2017

  1. Drescher J: Foreword. In Loren A. Olson, Finally Out: Letting Go of Living Straight, 2nd Oakland Press: Urbandale, Iowa, pp. v-vii.
  2. Drescher J: Von Bisexualität zu Intersexualität: Geschlechterkategorien Neu Denken [From Bisexuality to Intersexuality: Rethinking Gender Categories]. In Hutfless E, Zach B (Eds), Queering Psychoanalysis: Psychoanalyse und Queer Theory – Transdisziplinäre Verschränkungen. Zaglossus [Psychoanalysis and Queer Theory—Interdisciplinary Entanglements]. Vienna, Austria, 2017, pp. 43-96.
  3. *Drescher J, Byne W: Homosexuality, gay and lesbian identities, and homosexual behavior. In Sadock BJ, Sadock VA, Ruiz P (Eds), Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, Tenth Edition. Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA, 2017, pp. 1982-2013.
  4. *Drescher J, Byne W: Gender identity, gender variance and gender dysphoria. In Sadock BJ, Sadock VA, Ruiz P (Eds), Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, Tenth Edition. Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA, 2017, pp. 2023-2039.
  5. Drescher J: Gender diagnoses. In Legato MJ (Ed), Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine: Gender in the Genomic Era, Third Edition. Academic Press (Elsevier), London, 2017, pp. 17-26.
  6. Drescher J: Trauma and psychoanalysis: Hierarchies of suffering. In: Petrucelli J, Schoen S (Eds.) The Unknowable, the Unspeakable, and the Unsprung: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Truth, Scandal, Secrets and Lies. Routledge: New York and London. 2017, pp. 61-68.

2016

  1. Drescher J: Ghosts in Psychoanalysis’ Closet. In Harris A, Kalb M, Klebanoff S (Eds.) Ghosts in the Consulting Room: Echoes of Trauma in Psychoanalysis. Routledge: New York and London, 2016, pp. 124-125.

2015

  1. Drescher J: Gender Dysphoria. In Tasman A, Lieberman JA, Kay J, First MB, Riba M (Eds.) Psychiatry, 4th Wiley: New York, 2015, pp. 1339-1349.
  2. Drescher J: Ethical Issues in Treating LGBT Patients. In Sadler J, van Staden CW, Fulford, KWM (Eds) Oxford Handbook of Psychiatric Ethics. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2015, 180-192.

2014

  1. Drescher J: Treatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patients. In Hales RE, Yudofsky SC, Roberts L (Eds) American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Psychiatry, Sixth Edition. American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC, 2014, 1293-1318.

2013

  1. *Drescher J, Byne W: Introduction to the Treatment of Gender Dysphoric/Gender Variant (GD/GV) Children and Adolescents. In Drescher J, Byne W (Eds) Treating Transgender Children and Adolescents: An Interdisciplinary Discussion. Routledge, New York and London, 2013, pp. 1-6
  2. *Drescher J, Byne W: Gender Dysphoric/Gender Variant (GD/GV) Children and Adolescents: Summarizing What We Know and What We Have Yet to Learn. In Drescher J, Byne W (Eds) Treating Transgender Children and Adolescents: An Interdisciplinary Discussion. Routledge, New York and London, 2013, pp. 207-216.
  3. Drescher J: Gender Identity Diagnoses: History and Controversies. In Kreukels BPC, Steensma TD, de Vries ALC (Eds) Gender Dysphoria and Disorders of Sex Development. Springer, New York, 2013, pp. 137-150.
  4. Drescher J: Foreword. In Loren A. Olson, Finally Out: Letting Go of Living Straight: A Psychiatrist’s Own Story. inGroup Press: Chicago IL.

2012

  1. Drescher J: What’s in Your Closet? In Levounis P, Drescher J, Barber M (Eds.), The LGBT Casebook. American Psychiatric Publishing, Washington DC, 2012, pp. 3-16.

2011

  1. Drescher J: Sexual Conversion Therapies (Seksuaalisuuden muutosterapioista). In: Toimittaneet, Tuovinen L, Stålström O, Nissen J, Hentilä J, (Eds), Saanko olla totta? (May I Be True to Myself). Helsinki University Press, Helsinki, Finland, 2011, pp. 302-318.

2009

  1. *Drescher J, Byne W: Homosexuality, gay and lesbian identities, and homosexual behavior. In Sadock BJ, Sadock VA, Ruiz P (Eds), Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, Ninth Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, 2009, pp. 2060-2090.
  2. Beckstead L, Glassgold JM, *Drescher J, Greene B, Miller RL, Worthington RL: APA Task Force Report on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation. Author.
  3. Drescher was the only psychiatrist invited to participate on the Task Force writing this internally peer-reviewed monograph by the American Psychological Association.
  4. Drescher J: Disparities Affecting the Psychiatric Care of Gay Men. In Ruiz P, Primm A (Eds.), Disparities in Psychiatric Care: Clinical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, 2009, pp. 75-85.
  5. Drescher J: Coming Out. In Hawley JC (Ed), LGBTQ America Today: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1. Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, CT, 2009, pp. 245-249.
  6. Drescher J: Psychiatry and Homosexuality. In Hawley JC (Ed), LGBTQ America Today: An Encyclopedia, Volume 3. Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, CT, 2009, pp. 959-965.

2008

  1. *Drescher J, McCommon BH, Jones BE: Treatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patients. In Hales RE, Yudofsky SC, Gabbard G (Eds) APPI Textbook of Psychiatry, Fifth Edition. APPI Press, Washington, DC, 2008, pp. 1471-1487.

2007

  1. Drescher J: Homosexuality, Stress and. In Fink G (Ed), The Encyclopedia of Stress, Second Edition, Volume 2. Academic Press, Oxford, 2007, 348-353
  2. Drescher J: Homosexuality and its vicissitudes. In Muran JC (Ed.), Dialogues on Difference: Diversity Studies of the Therapeutic Relationship. American Psychological Association Books, Washington, DC, 2007, pp. 85-97.
  3. Drescher J: Parler Foucault Sans Le Savoir. In Muran JC (Ed.), Dialogues on Difference: Diversity Studies of the Therapeutic Relationship. American Psychological Association Books, Washington DC, 2007, pp. 111-113.

2006

  1. Drescher J: Gay and depressed: Combined pharmacotherapy and long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy with a depressed, gay man. In Spitzer RL, First M, Williams JBW, Gibbons M (Eds.), DSM-IV TR Casebook: Experts Tell How They Treated Their Own Patients. APPI, Washington, DC, 2006, 163-178.
  2. Drescher J: Sexual conversion therapies. In Khaled M (Ed), Homophobia: Views and Differences. Helem and La CD-Theque, Beirut, Lebanon, 2006, 87-99. (Original chapter translated directly into Arabic)

2005

  1. *Drescher J, Stein TS, Byne W: Homosexuality, gay and lesbian identities, and homosexual behavior. In Sadock BJ, Sadock VA (Eds), Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, Eighth Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, 2005, pp. 1936-65.
  2. *Drescher J, Glazer DF, Crespi L, Schwartz D: What is a mother? Gay and lesbian perspectives on parenting. In Brown SF (Ed.), What do Mothers Want? Developmental Perspectives, Clinical Challenges. The Analytic Press, Hillsdale, NJ, 2005, pp. 87-103.

2003

  1. Drescher J: Psychoanalysis. In Aminoff J, Daroff RB (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences. Academic Press, 2003, pp. 78-81.

2002

  1. Drescher J; Sexual conversion (“Reparative”) therapies: A history and update. In Jones BE, Hill MJ (Eds.), Mental Health Issues in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Communities (Review of Psychiatry, 21(4)). APPI, Washington, DC, 2002, pp. 71-91.
  2. Byne W, Schuklenk U, Lasco M, Drescher J: The origins of sexual orientation: No genetic link to Social Change. Alper JS, Ard C, Asch A, Beckwith J, Conrad P, Geller LN (Eds.), The Double-Edged Helix: Social Implications of Genetics in a Diverse Society. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2002, pp. 197-214.

2001

  1. Drescher J: The circle of liberation. In Glazer DF, Drescher J, (Eds.), Gay and Lesbian Parenting. Haworth Medical Press, NY, 2001, pp. 119-131.
  2. Drescher J: Attending to sexual compulsivity in a gay man. In Petrucelli J, Stuart C (Eds.), Hungers and Compulsions: The Psychodynamic Treatment of Eating Disorders & Addictions. Jason Aronson, Northvale, NJ, 2001, pp. 265-279.

2000

  1. Schaffner BH, Adams PL, Downey JI, *Drescher J, Friedman RC, Lang J, et al: Homosexuality and the Mental Health Professions: The Impact of Bias. AA monograph of the Committee on Human Sexuality of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry, Routledge, 2000.
  2. Drescher J: Atteggiamenti psicoanalitici verso l’omosessualità (Psychoanalytic attitudes toward homosexuality). In Bassi F, Galli PF (Eds.), L’Omosessualità nella psicoanalisi (Homosexuality in Psychoanalysis), Piccola Biblioteca Einaudi, Torino, Italy, 2000, pp. 67-88.

1996

  1. Drescher J: Psychoanalytic subjectivity and male homosexuality. In Cabaj RP, Stein, TS (Eds.), Textbook of Homosexuality and Mental Health. American Psychiatric Press, Inc., Washington, DC, 1996, pp. 173-189.

1995

  1. Drescher J: Anti-homosexual bias in training. In Domenici T, Lesser RC, (Eds.), Disorienting Sexuality: Psychoanalytic Reappraisals of Sexual Identities. Routledge, New York, 1995, pp. 227-241.

Books/Textbooks for Medical or Scientific Community

2013

  • *Drescher J, Byne W (Eds): Treating Transgender Children and Adolescents: An Interdisciplinary Discussion. Routledge, New York and London, 2013.

2012

  1. Levounis P, *Drescher J, Barber M (Eds): The LGBT Casebook. American Psychiatric Publishing, Washington DC, 2012.

2009

  1. Mathy R, *Drescher J (Eds): Childhood Gender Nonconformity and the Development of Adult Homosexuality. Routledge, NY, 2009.

2007

  1. *Drescher J, Merlino JP (Eds.): American Psychiatry and Homosexuality: An Oral History. Routledge, New York, 2007.
  2. Peel E, Clarke V, *Drescher J (Eds.): British LGB Psychololgies: Theory, Research and Practice. CRC Press, NY, 2007.
  3. Glassgold JM, *Drescher J (Eds.): Activism and LGBT Psychology. Routledge, NY, 2007.

2006

  1. *Drescher J, Zucker KJ (Eds.): Ex-Gay Research: Analyzing the Spitzer Study and Its Relation to Science, Religion, Politics and Culture. Routledge, NY, 2006.
  2. Wainberg M, Kolodny AJ, *Drescher J (Eds.): Crystal Meth and Men Who Have Sex with Men: Community and Public Health Responses. CRC Press, NY, 2006.
  3. Halkitis PN, Wilton L, *Drescher J (Eds.): Barebacking: Psychosocial & Public Health Approaches. CRC Press, NY, 2006.

2005

  1. Karasic D, *Drescher J (Eds.): Sexual and Gender Diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM): A Reevaluation. Routledge, NY, 2005.
  2. Perlman G, *Drescher J (Eds.): A Gay Man’s Guide to Prostate Cancer. CRC Press, NY, 2005.

2004

  1. D’Ercole A, *Drescher J (Eds.): Uncoupling Convention: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Same-Sex Couples and Families. Routledge, NY, 2004.
  2. Leli U, *Drescher J (Eds.): Transgender Subjectivities: A Clinician’s Guide. CRC Press, NY, 2004.
  3. Hellman RE, *Drescher J (Eds.): Handbook of LGBT Issues in Community Mental Health. CRC Press, NY, 2004.

2003

  1. *Drescher J, D’Ercole A, Schoenberg E (Eds.): Psychotherapy with Gay Men and Lesbians: Contemporary Dynamic Approaches. Routledge, NY, 2003.
  2. Lingiardi V, *Drescher J (Eds.): The Mental Health Professions and Homosexuality: International Perspectives. CRC Press, NY, 2003.

2001

  1. Shidlo A, Schroeder M, *Drescher J (Eds.): Sexual Conversion Therapy: Ethical, Clinical and Research Perspectives. CRC Press, NY, 2001.
  2. Glazer DF, *Drescher J (Eds.): Gay and Lesbian Parenting. CRC Press, NY, 2001.

2000

  1. Guss JR, *Drescher J (Eds.): Addictions in the Lesbian and Gay Community. CRC Press, NY, 2000.

1998

  1. Drescher J: Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man. The Analytic Press, Hillsdale, NJ, 1998.

Case Reports

            1985

  1. Demuth, GW, Breslow, RE, Drescher, J. The elicitation of a movement disorder by trazodone: Case Report. J. Clinical Psychiatry, 1985, 46(12):535-536.

Letters to the Editor

  1. 2016: *Drescher J, Cohen-Kettenis PT, Reed G: Removal of Gender Incongruence of Childhood Diagnostic Category: A Human Rights Perspective – Authors’ Reply. The Lancet Psychiatry, May 2016, 3(5):406.
  2. 2001: Drescher J: A Response to Richard C. Friedman’s Review of Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man,” Nervous & Mental Diseases, February 2001, 189(2):129-130.
  3. 2000: Drescher J: A Response to Richard C. Friedman’s Review of Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man, American J. of Psychoanalysis, June 2000, 60(2):191-196.
  4. 1992: Prenzlauer S, *Drescher J, Winchel R: Suicide Among Homosexual Youth. American J. of Psychiatry, October 1992, 149(10):1416.

Non-authored Publications (Editor, Bending Psychoanalysis Book Series)

  1. Sherman E: Notes from the Margins: The Gay Analyst’s Subjectivity in the Treatment Setting. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press, 2005.
  2. Layton, L.B: Who’s That Girl? Who’s That Boy? Clinical Practice Meets Postmodern Gender Theory. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press, 2004.
  3. D’Ercole A, Drescher J (Eds.): Uncoupling Convention: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Same-Sex Couples and Families. Routledge, NY, 2004.

Editorial Boards

  • 2020-Present: Section Editor, Treatment Issues in Specific Populations and Settings, Tasman’s Psychiatry, 5th Edition, Springer.
  • 2020-Present: Section Editor, Gender and Sexualities in Psychotherapy, Gabbard’s Textbook of Psychotherapeutic Treatments in Psychiatry, 2nd Edition, American Psychiatric Press.
  • 2020: Guest Editor, FOCUS: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry
  • 2019-2022: Section Editor, Gender Dysphoria, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR), American Psychiatric Press.
  • 2019: Co-Editor, Psychoanalysis Unplugged: Official blog of the American Psychoanalytic Association (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychoanalysis-unplugged-0
  • 2017-Present: Polaris: Psicoanalisi e mondo contemporaneo
  • 2015-Present: Transgender Health
  • 2013-Present: Associate Editor, Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • 2012-Present: Journal of LGBT Health. Associate Editor, 2012-2015, Senior Editor, 2015-Present
  • 2007-2016: Contemporary Psychoanalysis
  • 2005: Guest Editor, Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality
  • 2003-Present: Journal of GLBT Family Studies
  • 1998-Present: Studies in Gender and Sexuality
  • 1996-Present: Journal of Homosexuality, Invited Guest Editor, 2011-2012
  • 1995-1997: Gender and Psychoanalysis
  • 1992-Present: Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health (formerly Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy), Editor-in Chief, 1997-2007; Emeritus Editor, 2008-Present
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