Gender identity disorder in adolescence: A review of the literature

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 62-68

  Manners, Paula Jean ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Gender identity disorder; Literature review

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 65449121423     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2008.00498.x     Document Type: Review

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