Clinical characteristics, psychiatric comorbidities and sociodemographic profile of transsexual patients from an outpatient clinic in brazil

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 69-77

  Lobato, Maria Ines ^a,c   Koff, Walter Jose ^a   Schestatsky, Sidnei Samuel ^a   Chaves, Camila Pedrollo De Vasconcellos ^b   Petry, Analidia ^a   Crestana, Tiago ^a   Amaral, Juliana Trindade ^b   Onofrio, Fernanda De Quadros ^b   Salvador, Jaqueline ^b   Silveira, Esalba ^a   Henriques, Alexandre Annes ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mental health; Multidisciplinary care; Psychiatric comorbidity; Sexual and gender disorders; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949130190     PISSN: 15532739     EISSN: 14344599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15532730802175148     Document Type: Article

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