Gender Identity Disorder in Children and Adolescents

Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 117-143

  Möller, Birgit ^a   Schreier, Herbert ^b   Li, Alice ^b   Romer, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; LEUPRORELIN;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY THERAPY; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; GROUP THERAPY; HEREDITY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NONHUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSSEXUALISM; TRANSVESTISM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 64549110209     PISSN: 15385442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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